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Abrus precatorius
Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Information sources http://wildlifeofhawaii.com/flowers/1246/abrus-precatorius-rosary http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/23 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrus_precatorius http://www.cbit.uq.edu.au/software/enviroweeds/example/Abrus_pre p _africanus.htm catorius_subsp. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54030/#b http://wildlifeofhawaii.com/flowers/1246/abrus-precatorius-rosarypea/ http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/plant/abruspre.htm Photography Locations Green Business Centre Centre, Hyderabad http://202.160.161.9:8080/nwhgi/nwhgi/showSpecies http://luirig.altervista.org/schedenam/fnam.php?taxon=Abrus+precato http://guruajithsecrets.blogspot.in/2012/01/kunni-abrusprecatorius.html http://rufino-osorio.blogspot.in/2012/01/okeeheelee-county-parknature-center.html htt // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abrus_precatorius_W_IMG_1578.jpg iki di / iki/Fil Ab t i W IMG 1578 j http://131.230.176.4/imgs/pso/r/Fabaceae_Abrus_precatorius_6461 http://www.flickriver.com/photos/cledry/4368939815/ http://perthrospagansupplies.weebly.com/jewellery--charms.html http://home.scarlet.be/~tsh77586/Latham2.htm http://www.imagejuicy.com/images/plants/a/abrus/1/ http://www.metafro.be/prelude/view country?cc=BJ http://www.metafro.be/prelude/view_country?cc BJ http://www.floracafe.com/PhotoSearch.aspx?Type=All © Confederation of Indian Industry Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Origin: Northern Australia, South-eastern Asia, Tropical Asia, Western Pacific Naturalized: All tropical regions Cultivated: Widely cultivated lti t d as a garden d ornamental Class: Class Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: F il Fabaceae F b © Confederation of Industry Indian Length: 10 m or more Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Pronunciation: Abrus (AY-brus) precatorius (prek-uh-TOR-ee-us) © Confederation of Indian Industry Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Common names: Jequirity, Jequirity Crab's Eye, Rosary Pea, John Crow Bead, Precatory bean, Indian Licorice, Akar Saga, Giddee Giddee, Jumbie Bead ¾ Hindi : Rati; Gaungchi; Gunchi; Gunja (गुंजा) g : Kunch;; Koonch ¾ Bengali ¾ Gujarati : Gumchi; Chanothi ¾ Kannada : Gulaganji (ಗುಲಗಂಜಿ) ¾ Malayalam : Kunni; Gundumani ¾ Punjabi : Mulati ¾ Tamil : Gundumani; Kunthamani ¾ Telugu : Guruvinda (గు ి ంద) © Confederation of Indian Industry Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Widespread in most tropical* and sub tropical* areas of India * As marked in red boundary in the Map Habitat : A common weed of roadsides, old gardens, disturbed sites, waste areas A climbing plant with slender © Confederation of Indian Industry twining stems Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Colorful seeds of Rosary pea are highly poisonous. Even a single seed can be fatal to humans. humans © Confederation of Indian Industry Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Stem Older stems are covered in a smooth-textured or wrinkled brown bark Younger stems are© Confederation generally smooth, pubescent and of Indian Industry greenish in color Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Leaves The alternately arranged leaves (5-13 cm long) are pinnate with 5-17 5 17 pairs of leaflets These leaflets (5-25 mm long and 2-8 mm wide) are © Confederation of Indian Industry glabrous, oblong in shape, and have rounded tips Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Flowers The small whitish, whitish pink, pink mauve or purplish peapea shaped flowers (about 10 mm long) are borne in dense slightly elongated clusters Individual flowers have five small green sepals, which are fused ©together at the base into a short Confederation of Indian Industry tube Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Fruit The fruit is a flat and relatively broad pod (20-35 mm long and 12 12-15 15 mm wide) with a sharp point These pods are sparsely covered in hairs and have a © Confederation of Indian Industry rough texture Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Seeds Each pod, when mature, usually has 3-7 oval-shaped (i.e. ellipsoid) seeds The very distinctive seeds (5-7 (5 7 mm long and 4-5 4 5 mm wide) are bright scarlet-red in color with a large black © Confederation of Indian Industry spot Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Seeds The colorful seeds are highly poisonous and contain abrin, a toxin similar to ricin but even more poisonous Ingesting even a single seed can be fatal if the seed is © Confederation of Indian Industry cracked open or the protective seed coat is not intact Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Uses Necklaces and other ornaments made from the seeds Confederation of Indian Industry are worn by both ©children and adults Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Uses y Indians used these seeds to weigh g g gold using g Formerly a measure called a Ratti, where 8 Ratti = 1 Masha; 12 © Confederation of Indian Industry Masha = 1 Tola (11.6 Grams) Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Medicinal Uses A tea is made from the leaves and used to treat fevers, coughs and colds © Confederation of Indian Industry Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Medicinal Uses In Siddha medicine the white variety is used to Confederation of Indian Industry prepare oil that is©claimed to be an aphrodisiac Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Medicinal Uses In the Indian System of Medicine, the seeds are used for paralysis, headache, dysentery, diarrhoea, leprosy, ulcer, nervous disorders, alopecia, as well as anti-inflammatory, © Confederation of Indian Industry antidiabetic, antibacterial, antitumor and sexual stimulant Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Medicinal Uses An ethanolic extract of Abrus precatorius was found to have potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and © Confederation of Indian Industry analgesic potential Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius Medicinal Uses The plant is also used in some traditional medicine to treat scratches and sores, and wounds caused by dogs, © Confederation of Indian Industry cats, and mice Thank you © Confederation of Indian Industry
