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Although probably indigenous to tropical Africa, the castor oil plant is now grown in most warm, relatively frost-free parts of the world. In its natural habitat the plant is a perennial tree but the cultivars bred for commercial use are annuals whose height of up to 3 m depends on the specific cultivar and climate.
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Whitmore, J.S. (2000). Drought-Hardy Oil-Producing Crops. In: Drought Management on Farmland. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9562-9_11
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