Castor bean/蓖麻
Taxonomy: Angiosperms / Eudicots / Rosids / Malpighiales / Euphorbiaceae / Acalyphoideae / Acalypheae / Ricininae / Ricinus / R. communis
Introduction
1. Antihistamine and anti-inflammatory properties were found in ethanolic extract of Ricinus communis root bark.
2. Castor oil is an effective motor lubricant and has been used in internal combustion engines.
3. It is also used extensively as a decorative plant in parks and other public areas, particularly as a "dot plant" in traditional bedding schemes.
4. Ricinus communis is the host plant of the common castor butterfly, the eri silkmoth, and the castor semi-looper moth.
5. Ricinus is extremely allergenic, and has an OPALS allergy scale rating of 10 out of 10.
Genomic Version Information
Ricinus communis Hale
Genome Overview
The oilseed plant castor bean ( Ricinus communis) is a member of the family Euphorbiaceae. Cassava ( Manihot esculenta), rubber tree ( Hevea brasiliensis), ornamental poinsettias ( Euphorbia pulcherrima), and the invasive weed leafy spurge ( Euphorbia esula) are other important members of this family that includes nearly 250 genera comprising 6,300 species.
Genome Information
| Assembly Source: | TIGR |
| Assembly Version: | TIGR.0.1 |
| Annotation Source: | TIGR |
| Annotation Version: | v0.1 |
| Total Scaffold Length (bp): | 350,631,014 |
| Number of Scaffolds: | 25,828 |
| Min. Number of Scaffolds containing half of assembly (L50): | 167 |
| Shortest Scaffold from L50 set (N50): | 496,528 |
| Total Contig Length (bp): | 336,968,307 |
| Number of Contigs: | 49,133 |
| Min. Number of Contigs containing half of assembly (L50): | 4,198 |
| Shortest Contig from L50 set (N50): | 21,408 |
| Number of Protein-coding Transcripts: | 31,221 |
| Number of Protein-coding Genes: | 31,221 |
| Percentage of Eukaryote BUSCO Genes: | 94.1 |
| Percentage of Embroyphyte BUSCO Genes: | 90 |
Reference Publication(s)
Rivarola M et al., "Castor bean organelle genome sequencing and worldwide genetic diversity analysis.", PLoS One, 2011;6(7):e21743https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1674