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|genus=Abrus  

|genus=Abrus

|species=precatorius  

|species=precatorius

|common_name=Coral pea, Crab's eyes, Paternoster beans

|common_name=Coral pea, Crab's eyes, Paternoster beans

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|Max wd metric=ft

|Max wd metric=ft

|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|exposure=sun, part-sun

|exposure=sun, part-sun

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|features=flowers

|features=flowers, naturalizes, invasive

|flower_season=early fall, mid fall, late fall

|flower_season=early fall, mid fall, late fall

|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|max_zone=12

|max_zone=12

|image=Upload.png

|image=Abrus precatorius pods.jpg

|image_width=240

|image_width=240

}}

}}

'''''Abrus precatorius''''', known commonly as '''Jequirity''', '''Crab's Eye''', '''Rosary Pea''', ''''''John Crow'''''' Bead, '''Precatory bean''', '''Indian Licorice''', '''Akar Saga''', '''Giddee Giddee''' or '''[[Jumbie]] Bead''' in [[Trinidad & Tobago]],<ref>Mendes (1986), p. 79.</ref> is a slender, perennial climber that twines around  trees, shrubs, and hedges.  It is a [[legume]] with long, pinnate-leafleted [[Leaf|leaves]]. The seed contains the toxic [[poison]] [[abrin]]. The plant is native to [[Indonesia]] and grows in tropical and subtropical areas of the world where it has been introduced.  It has a tendency to become [[weed]]y and invasive where it has been introduced.

| name = ''Abrus precatorius''

 

| common_names = Crab's-eye Vine, Weather-Plant

| growth_habit = ?  <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->

| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->

| poisonous =    <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->

| exposure = ?  <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->

| water = ?  <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->

| features =    <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->

| hardiness =    <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->

| bloom =    <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->

| sunset_zones =    <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->

| image = Upload.png  <!--- Freesia.jpg -->

| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->

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| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->

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Abrus precatorius. Crab's-eye Vine. Weather-Plant. Height 10-12 ft.; frequently trailing over the ground S.: lfts. oblong, in numerous pairs: fls. varying from rose to white: seeds bright scarlet, with a black spot, used by Buddhists for rosaries, in India as standards of weight, and in the W. Indies in bead work. Seeds irritant; also used as an abortive in U. S. A variety with a cream-colored bean is offered by Reasoner Bros.: Tropics generally.—The claims made for its weather-foretelling properties are exposed by Oliver in Kew Bull. Jan., 1890. It does, however, "go to sleep" during storms, but this is a feature of other legumes. Sometimes confused with [[Rhynchosia phaseoloides]] (syn. R. precatoria), which has similar seeds, but is a very different plant with large, 3-foliolate, bean-like lvs.{{SCH}}

Abrus precatorius. Crab's-eye Vine. Weather-Plant. Height 10-12 ft.; frequently trailing over the ground S.: lfts. oblong, in numerous pairs: fls. varying from rose to white: seeds bright scarlet, with a black spot, used by Buddhists for rosaries, in India as standards of weight, and in the W. Indies in bead work. Seeds irritant; also used as an abortive in U. S. A variety with a cream-colored bean is offered by Reasoner Bros.: Tropics generally.—The claims made for its weather-foretelling properties are exposed by Oliver in Kew Bull. Jan., 1890. It does, however, "go to sleep" during storms, but this is a feature of other legumes. Sometimes confused with [[Rhynchosia phaseoloides]] (syn. R. precatoria), which has similar seeds, but is a very different plant with large, 3-foliolate, bean-like lvs.{{SCH}}

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==Gallery==

==Gallery==

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Image:Koeh-002.jpg|''Abrus precatorius'' from Koehler's ''Medicinal-Plants''

Image:Abrus precatorius seeds.jpg|Bright red seeds of ''A. precatorius'' are strung as jewelry

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File:Abrus precatorius W IMG 1578.jpg|''Abrus precatorius'' leaves & flowers

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File:Abrus precatorius W2 IMG 1578.jpg|''Abrus precatorius'' flowers

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==References==

==References==

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

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