Specification of Castor Oil
Castor oil is a vegetable oil obtained by pressing the seeds of the Castor Plant (Ricinus communis). The common name "castor oil", from which the plant gets its name, probably derived from its use as a replacement for castoreum, a perfume base made from dried perineum gland of the Beaver (castor in Latin).
Castor oil is a yellow colored liquid to very pale with a different taste and smell the first once ingested. the boiling point is 313