By Steve25
Lancashire,
United Kingdom
yes! I cut this off my caster oil plant, its the one that grows huge!

24 Feb, 2010
Answers
Huh???
24 Feb, 2010
Do you mean Fatsia or Fatshedera?
24 Feb, 2010
Is there supposed to be a photograph with this question, Steve25?
25 Feb, 2010
I saw your other questoin - this is Fatsia japonica flower (unless you cut it off ivy - they look very similar, but obviously, the growth habit is different, one climbs and clings, Fatsia is freestanding with large, 3 or 5 pointed leaves). Blimey, I've now discovered that your original question was whether you could grow these if they had seeds inside! Yes - start them off in early May.
25 Feb, 2010
Yes! Thanks!
26 Feb, 2010
Fatsia seeds contain 'ricin' one of the most deadly poisons known to man!
In the 70's a Russian (I think) diplomat was murdered in London by being stabbed in the thigh with an umberella. the brolly point had a microscopic steel ball that was impregnated with ricin. the diplomat suffered a long painful death.
I'm not sure of the details (check it out on the web) but the substance was ricin.
I don't mean to be an alarmist but its worth checking out as the poison is very potent in minute quantities!
28 Feb, 2010
I didn't think that was the case, Stjohntongue, and have just confirmed it by doing a bit of checking in case I was wrong - Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae family) is the one which is highly poisonous and from which ricin can be distilled - Fatsia japonica, on the other hand, belongs to the Araliaceae family and does not contain ricin.
1 Mar, 2010
I bow to your wisdom, Bamboo.
I saw Castor oil plant and didn't think there was more than one Genus. I should've checked first.
Sorry Steve25, didn't mean to alarm you.
Good job Bamboo is here to keep us right.
Ya see, plants are more complicated and diversified than expected.
1 Mar, 2010
Saves you wasting your time trying to distil ricin from the Fatsia flowers at least, lol!
1 Mar, 2010
Thanks guys! :)
2 Mar, 2010
cut what lol ?
24 Feb, 2010