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Abrus precatorius
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Abrus precatorius L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 2: 472.1767; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:175.1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 349(247). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 135. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 115. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 118. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 155. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 145. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 74. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 133. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 129. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 173. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 83. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 83. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 155. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 196. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 263. 2009.
Glycine abrus L., Sp. Pl. 753. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chuvannakunni, Kakani, Kunni, Kunnikuru, Gunj
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bead Vine, Black-Eyed Susan, Buddhist Rosary Bead, Crab's eye, Indian liquorice, Rosary pea, Wild liquorice
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Description:
Woody perennial twining shrubs; young stems puberulent. Leaves even-pinnate; leaflets 12-16 pairs, 0.8-2.5 x 0.4-1 cm, oblong to elliptic, base and apex obtuse, lower surface sparsely pubescent. Flowers pink, in axillary racemes; bracts deltoid, minute; bracteoles c. 1mm across, suborbicular. Calyx 2-4 mm long, hispid. Petals 9-12 mm long. Stamens 9, monadelphous. Ovary subsessile, many ovuled; style incurved. Pods 3-4 x 1-1.5 cm, oblong, slightly inflated, fulvo-puberulent; seeds many, 5-7 x 4-5 mm, subglobose, scarlet red with black eyes.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-May
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Champakkad, Thellikkal, Ezhimala, Vallicode, Pappinisseri, Olavakkot, Thazhakkara, Changarakode
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