Lucy wrote:
Hi

I am trying to find out what a plant is that I have seen in a local
park and the Leicester University Botanical Garden. It has leaves
similar in size and shape to a Fatsia but is a dark green/red leaf. The
plants I have seen are about a metre high and have pink spiky looking
fruit/flowers close to the stem.

I just wondered if anyone knew what it was

Many thanks
Lucy


It's Ricinus, or Castor bean plant

http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/castorbean.html