Fabaceae
Abrus
Abrus precatorius

Abrus precatorius subsp. precatorius

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan and Peninsula Malaysia, N. & E. Australia. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Graine Diable, Reglisse, Reglisse a Graines Blanches
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use
Weed
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images