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Abrus precatorius (jequerity; rosarypea; crab's eye; Black-eyed Susan; Crab's Eyes; Rosary Pea; Red Bean Vine; Licorice; tento muido; Lele; Peonia; Peronia; Peronila; Tento; Jumbie bean; Reglisse; Pitipitio; Jumbie Bead; Wild Licorice; Ojo De Cangrejo; John Crow Bead; Wire Wiss; Wild Liquorice; Soldat; Reglisse Marronne; Reglisse d'Amerique; Reglis; Quinquet; Precatory Bean; Pomea Mataila; Pois Rouge; Pipi Tio; Marronne; Liane Reglisse; Leredamu; Kuntu-mani; Kundu-mani; Jumbee Bead; Jiquiriti; Jequirity Bean; Jequirity; Indian Liquorice; Indian Liqourice; Herbe de Diable; Gwen Leglise; Graines D'Eglise; Graine Rouge; Graine Diable; Diridamu; Crab's-eye Vine; Cascavelle; Bead Vine)

Synonyms: Abrus precatorius novo-guineensis; Abrus pulchellus
Language: French; Hindi; Sinhala

Wikipedia Abstract

Abrus precatorius, known commonly as jequirity, Crab's eye, or crab's eye creeper, cock's eyes, rosary pea, paternoster pea, love pea, precatory pea or bean, prayer bead, John Crow Bead, coral bead, red-bead vine, country licorice, Indian licorice, wild licorice, Jamaica wild licorice, Akar Saga, coondrimany, gidee gidee, Jumbie bead ratti/rettee/retty, or weather plant, is a slender, perennial climber that twines around trees, shrubs, and hedges. It is a legume with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves.
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
5Daniels, J. C. Ceraunus Blue Butterfly, Hemiargus ceraunus (Fabricius)(Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). University of Florida
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0