Volume 356, Issue 9239, (October 2000) Traveller's diarrhoea V Mera The Lancet Volume 356, Issue 9239, (October 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)74092-7 Copyright © 2000 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
Figure Ricinus communis (castor-oil plant). The photograph shows one of its large, lobed, fanlike leaves. The fruits are covered with soft, orange-brown spines resembling ticks (in Latin, ricinus=tick). The Lancet 2000 356, DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(05)74092-7) Copyright © 2000 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions