The plant in this photo again grows along sand verges like previous posting. Again, I have not seen it being grazed by the numerous goats or cattle or seen it collected as fodder for tethered farm animals. The example shown was near the famous village of Plassey.
This looks like Ricinus communis, Caster Oil Plant. This page, Factsheet - Ricinus communis (Castor Oil Plant), notes that the red flowers are the female ones.
Thank you for your replies. My wife said it was a Caster Oil plant (I doubted it) and now I know she was correct!
