- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Abrus fruticulosus Wight & Arn.
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Deciduous forests
- Key identification features : Leaflets narrow and small
- Flower, Fruit : October-January
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Guntur district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
- Assam : Assam
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : Andaman Islands, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Data Deficient (DD)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Abrus fruticulosus. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.
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