Thought this was a fig

[spandit]

It's obviously not, looking at the fruit:

 

[chrisj]

Looks like Fatsia japonica. (Not a fig, sorry).

[10 Bears]

Castor oil plant Id say.

[spandit]

You are both geniuses, thank you (although I'm pretty sure it's the first one)

[eagleye]

Looks like Fatsia japonica. (Not a fig, sorry).

+1....

[treequip]

I am sat a couple of feet away from one of those.

 

I didn't know its name but the wife says they are both correct

[armybloke]

Fatsia japonica is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern Japan and South Korea. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3–6 m tall, with stout, sparsely branched stems.

 

The castor oil plant is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It belongs to a monotypic genus, Ricinus, and subtribe, Ricininae

 

You took a photograph of Fatsia Japonica not a Castor Oil Plant

[chrisj]

Yes RHS list Castor Oil Plant as a common name for it and Fatsia japonica is the botanical name.

[mike1987]

Fatsia japonica is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern Japan and South Korea. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3–6 m tall, with stout, sparsely branched stems.

 

The castor oil plant is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It belongs to a monotypic genus, Ricinus, and subtribe, Ricininae

 

You took a photograph of Fatsia Japonica not a Castor Oil Plant

 

castor oil plant is one of the common names for fatsia japonica in the dr hessian books and rhs books Fatsia japonica | Japanese aralia/RHS Gardening

[chrisj]

However Castor Oil plant is also a common name for Ricinus communis. That's why we have botanical names. Common names can sometimes be confusing.