Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.53.09
Abrus precatorius
Names: Abrus precatorius.
German: Abrusbohne; Süssstrauch.
English: Gorse bush; Carb’s Eye Vine; Indian Liquorice; Rosary Pea; Jequirity bean.
Spanish: Raté.
Boni: Inchi Sukari.
habitat: altitude to 1550 m.
Source: Shoemaker.
Use: necklaces; leaves as effective ‘love drug’, chewed and applied to her private parts, her lover will not look at another.
Botany
Climber; to 5 m; delicate.
Leaves: 16- to 34 foliolate; leaflets 6 to 27 by to 10 mm; sparsly hairy beneath; feathery; extremely sensitive to atmospheric disturbances.
Flowers: white, pink or pale purple.
Fruit: oblong pod, swollen, softly hairy, to 3 cm long.
Seed: bright red, scarlet and black; small; nearly globose; with a black attachment scar; very poisonous!.