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Mature Castor Oil Plant

Mature Castor Oil Plant


‎This photograph of a mature castor oil plant in Greece illustrates how much shade such a plant could have provided Jonah from the intense Mesopotamian sun, and underscores how great a calamity it would be to suddenly lose that shade when the plant withered. While commentators differ in interpreting the apparently miraculous growth of the plant, all acknowledge that a sudden worm infestation could cause it to wither rapidly under such intense sunlight.
‎Jonah 4:6–11
‎Image by H. Zell, from Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 3.0

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