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Pantropical plant genus of the legume family Fabaceae.

  • A. precatorius — seeds contain a toxin, abrin, which causes severe diarrhea and paralysis. Called also jequirity, love precatory, lucky or paternoster bean, rosary or coral pea, crab's eye, minnie-minnie, Indian liquorice.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Abreae
Genus: Abrus
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Species

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Abrus is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains, 13–18 species, but is best known for a single species, Jequirity (A. precatorius). The highly toxic seeds of that species are used to make jewellery.

Species
  • Abrus aureus (Madagascar)
  • Abrus baladensis (Somalia)
  • Abrus bottae (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
  • Abrus canescens (Africa)
  • Abrus diversifoliatus (Madagascar)
  • Abrus fruticulosus (India)
  • Abrus gawenensis (Somalia)
  • Abrus laevigatus (Southern Africa)
  • Abrus longibracteatus (Laos, Vietnam)
  • Abrus madagascariensis (Madagascar)
  • Abrus parvifolius (Madagascar)
  • Abrus precatorius L. - Jequirity (Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia)
  • Abrus pulchellus (Africa)
  • Abrus sambiranensis (Madagascar)
  • Abrus schimperi (Africa)
  • Abrus somalensis (Somalia)
  • Abrus wittei (Zaire)

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