{"id":1397523,"date":"2012-05-22T16:59:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T16:59:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:14:30","slug":"abrus-pulchellus","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/abrus-pulchellus\/","title":{"rendered":"Abrus pulchellus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abrus<\/i> pulchellus<\/i> Thwaites<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Syn: Abrus<\/i> fruticulosus<\/i> auct. non Wight & Arn.<\/span><\/a>; Abrus<\/i> laevigatus<\/i> sensu Breteler<\/span><\/a>; Abrus<\/i> stictosperma<\/i> Berhaut<\/span><\/a>; Abrus<\/i> stictospermus<\/i> Berhaut<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abrus<\/i> melanospermus<\/i> Hassk.<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week : RKC_03_111111:<\/a>
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\n<\/span>Date: 10th December, 2009.<\/p>\n


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could it be Abrus pulchellus<\/i>?<\/p>\n


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Yes this looks more like Abrus <\/i>and most probably A. pulchellus<\/i>, as\u00a0… suggested, to me too.<\/p>\n


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\nFabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Climber for ID :: MK-OCT-05 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (10)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Would be grateful if you could help me identify this\u00a0Abrus <\/i>(like)\u00a0species with white flowers.<\/div>\n
Habit: Climber<\/span><\/div>\n
Pods: 10-12 cm long<\/span><\/div>\n
Leaflet – mucronate tip<\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat: semi-evergreen forest edge (road-side)<\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 18 March 2015
\n<\/span>Location: Manimuthar Dam, Tirunelveli dist, TN<\/span><\/div>\n
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Could this be any Dalbergia<\/i> species?<\/p>\n


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Abrus pulchellus<\/i>.<\/p>\n


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Pl help me to identify the attached specimen<\/div>\n
It looks like some Abrus<\/i> sp.<\/div>\n
Located in Tirunelveli on 29-11-15
\n<\/span>Climber with support, paripinnate leaves, leaves mucronate.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Appears like images of <\/span>Abrus pulchellus<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is Abrus pulchellus<\/i>,<\/p>\n


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15 Identify weed plant<\/a>\u00a0: first 3 correct images.<\/div>\n
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Please identify the weed plant.
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\n<\/span>Location: near Reserve Forest, <\/span>Chathamattom, Ernakulam <\/span>District, Kerala PIN:686671
\n<\/span>Date:. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 04.11.2020, 12.05pm
\n<\/span>Altitude: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1700msl
\n<\/span>Habitat:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 wild moisture
\n<\/span>Plant habit:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 climbing, branches, thread, <\/span>weak stem, annual\/perennial
\n<\/span>Height: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 03 meters
\n<\/span>Leaves shape: oval
\n<\/span>Flower: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 diameter:05mm, light pink<\/span>\u00a0non fragrant<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It looks\u00a0Abrus precatorius<\/span><\/i>, species may different. please confirm.<\/p>\n


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Please find the habit images also.
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Thanks, …, for the id.<\/div>\n
Yes, it is\u00a0Abrus pulchellus<\/em><\/span><\/a> as per images and details herein.
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Fabaceae for identification?: DDB2<\/a>: 3 high res. images.
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Photographed in Behali Reserve Forest,<\/span> Biswanath, Assam on 12 \u200eOctober \u200e2018.
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I think it is an Abrus<\/em> sp.<\/p>\n


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Abrus pulchellus\u00a0<\/i>Wall. !<\/p>\n


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Abrus melanospermus subsp. melanospermus<\/a>: 13 very high res. images.<\/p>\n
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Location:\u00a0Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 25 September 2024<\/span><\/div>\n
Elevation: 1328m.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

Habitat: Wild\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

There seems to be different views regarding the different subsp. and Syn.\u00a0of this sp. in different databases. I think proper review is necessary.<\/div>\n
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Abrus pulchellus Thwaites\u00a0(Syn: Abrus fruticulosus auct. non Wight & Arn.; Abrus laevigatus sensu Breteler; Abrus stictosperma Berhaut; Abrus stictospermus Berhaut;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abrus melanospermus Hassk.); . Andaman Is (N); Bangladesh (N); Bhutan (N) ;\u00a0Cambodia (N) ; China (N);\u00a0India (N):\u00a0Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh; Assam; Bihar ; Delhi; Goa; Gujarat ; Haryana; Himachal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5289],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1397523","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-abrus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1397523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1397523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1397523"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1397523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}