Ricinus communis Linn is commonly known as Caster. Caster plant is belonging to perennial shrub family of Euphorbiaceae. It is popularly known as caster plant in English, Arandi or Erandi in Hindi. The botanical name Ricinus was delivered by Swedish Carious Linnaeus. It is usually a small soft wooded tree grow up to 6 meter with varying stem pigmentation the leaves which is usually 30-60 cm in diameter may be green or reddish in color made up of 5-12 coarsely toothed lobes. Caster plant extracts shown biological property such as anti-oxidant, antimicrobial, antihelmintic, insecticidal, anti-inflammatory, antihemolytic and laxative. Extract use in the treatment of hypoglycemia, edema, rheumatism, headache, asthma, dermatitis, ringworm, dandruff. Major chemical component of plant are rutin, gentistic acid, quercetin, gallic acid, kempferol, tannins, Ricin A,B,C, indole-3-acetic acid and alkaloid Ricinine.
