Covel McDermot shares 10 amazing benefits or uses of Castor Oil from the Castor bean plant (Ricinus communis) continuing the episode on Food and Medicine- Poultice.  The plant is wildly grown in Jamaica and in harsh soil conditions and now seen grown in salty soils.  Castor oil is extracted from the castor bean plant by using a commercial extractor or homemade. Castor oil production is lucrative business today and its demand will increase significantly in the US and Europe. While India is one of the largest producer of castor oil in the world today, Jamaica has some of the most potent genotypes of the plant growing across the island. The ricinoleic acid quality in the bean is influenced by climate and soil patterns in the tropics where the plant predominantly grows. Seal level rise, climate change, and human development and settlement will challenge the plant's capacity to adapt and mitigate to environmental perturbations and trade-off impacts on medicinal plant properties and composition is lagging in the literature with current global change scenarios.  I hope you listen, comment, send us a message, and call in some day to discuss with our listeners.  Follow us on IG@the_skalla_show and subscribe to our YouTube @Twi Fwi Network.