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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 abrus; Abrus cyaneus; Abrus maculatus; Abrus minor; Abrus pauciflorus; Abrus precatorius novo-guineensis; Abrus squamulosus; Abrus tunguensis; Glycine abrus
Language: French; Hindi; Sinhala

Infraspecies

Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus (Reglisse)
Abrus precatorius subsp. precatorius (Reglisse)

Invasive Species

Abrus precatorius a legume, is a nitrogen fixer and where present in large stands can alter soil nutrient status. It is also suspected to have allelopathic effects that could alter native species recruitment.
View ISSG Record: Abrus precatorius

Attributes

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

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Big Cypress National Preserve V 732120 Florida, United States
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Kakadu National Park II 4744348 Northern Territory, Australia
Pico Mogote Ecological Reserve II 3698 Cuba  
Purnululu National Park II 604999 Western Australia, Australia
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      
Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve II 4859 Cuba  

Predators

Drepanococcus cajani[3]
Nipaecoccus viridis (karoo thorn mealybug)[3]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

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Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Distribution

Aldabra (uncertain); Andaman Is (native); Angola-ISO (native); Antigua-Barbuda (native); Australia (native); Bahamas (native); Bangladesh (native); Barbados (native); Belize (native); Benin (native); Bhutan (native); Bismarck Archipelago (native); Botswana (native); Brazil (native); Cambodia (native); Cameroon (native); Cape Verde (native); Cayman Is (native); Chad (native); China (native); Colombia (native); Comoro Is (uncertain); Costa Rica (native); Cuba (uncertain); Dominica (native); Dominican Republic (uncertain); Equatorial Guinea-ISO (native); Ethiopia (native); Fiji (native); French Guiana (native); Gabon (native); Ghana (native); Grenada (native); Guadeloupe (native); Guatemala (native); Guinea (native); Guyana (native); Haiti (uncertain); India (native); Indonesia-ISO (native); Irian Jaya (native); Jamaica (native); Jawa (native); Kenya (native); Laos (native); Liberia (native); Madagascar (native); Malawi (native); Malaysia-ISO (native); Mali (native); Martinique (native); Mauritius (uncertain); Mayotte (uncertain); Mexico(South East) (native); Montserrat (native); Mozambique (native); Myanmar (native); Namibia-ISO (native); Nepal (native); Netherlands Leeward Is (native); Niger (native); Nigeria (native); Niue (introduced); Pakistan (native); Panama (native); Papua New Guinea (native); Peninsular Malaysia (native); Peru (native); Philippines (native); Puerto Rico (native); Reunion (uncertain); Rodrigues (introduced); Rwanda (native); Sao Tome & Principe (native); Senegal (native); Seychelles (native); Sierra Leone (native); Singapore (introduced); Society Is (native); Somalia (native); South Africa (native); Sri Lanka (native); St Kitts-Nevis (native); St Martin-St Barthelemy (native); St Vincent (native); Sudan (native); Sumatera (native); Surinam (native); Taiwan (native); Tanzania (native); Thailand (native); Togo (native); Uganda (native); United States (uncertain); Vietnam (native); Zaire (native); Zambia (native); Zimbabwe (native);

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by , , ILDIS World Database of Legumes in Catalog of Life 2011
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 ♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Invasive Status provided by Global Invasive Species Database Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Images provided by Google Image Search
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway Ministry of Agriculture and Food - February 2013