MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE


Sorting Abrus names


Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :




Abrus bottae Deflers

ARABIC :  عسب  'Asb,  عازب  'Azb.

ENGLISH :  Love pea, Middle Eastern abrus, Saudi love bean, Yemen love pea..

FRENCH :  Abrus d'Egypte, Abrus du Moyen Orient.

GERMAN :  Abrusbohne.

ITALIAN :  Liana d'Egitto.

RUSSIAN :  Абрус йеменский, Абрус саудовский.

TURKISH :  Abros ağaçı.


Abrus pulchellus Thwaites

CHINESE :  美丽相思子  Mei li xiang si zi.

ENGLISH :  Pretty abrus liana.

RUSSIAN :   Абрус африканский.

THAI :  มะกล่ำเผือก  Ma klam phueak.

Abrus pulchellus Thwaites subsp. cantoniensis (Hance) Verdc.

SYNONYM(S) :   Abrus cantoniensis Hance, Abrus cantoniensis Hance var. hossei Craib

CHINESE :   广州相思子  Guang zhou xiang si zi.

ENGLISH :  Guangdong abrus, Guangxi abrus.

FRENCH :  Abrus de Chine, Abrus de Canton.

ITALIAN :  Liana di Canton.

RUSSIAN :  Абрус китайский.

THAI :  มะขามย่าน  Ma khaam yan.


Abrus pulchellus Thwaites subsp. mollis (Hance) Verdc.

SYNONYM(S) :   Abrus melanospermus Hassk. subsp. mollis (Hance) ined.,  Abrus mollis Hance

CHINESE :  毛相思子  Mao xiang si zi

ENGLISH :  Soft-fruited abrus, South-Asian abrus.

RUSSIAN :   Чёточник мягкий.

THAI :  มะขามย่าน  Ma khaam yan.

VIETNAMESE :  Cam thảo dây.


Abrus pulchellus Thwaites subsp. pulchellus

CHINESE :   美丽相思子 Mei li xiang si zi  (原亚种 yuan ya zhong). 

ENGLISH :  Asian abrus.

FRENCH :  Abrus d'Asie.

THAI :  มะกล่ำเผือก  Ma klam phueak.


Abrus pulchellus Wall. ex Thwaites subsp. suffruticosus (Boutique) Verdc.

SYNONYM(S) :   Abrus melanospermus Hassk. subsp. suffruticosus (Boutique) D. Harder, Abrus suffruticosus Boutique


Abrus pulchellus Wall. ex Thwaites subsp. tenuiflorus (Spruce ex Benth.) Verdc.

SYNONYM(S) :  Abrus melanospermus Hassk. subsp. tenuiflorus (Spruce ex Benth.) D. K. Harder, Abrus stictosperma Berhaut, Abrus tenuiflorus Spruce ex Benth. 

ENGLISH :  Slender-flowered abrus.

FRENCH :  Abrus à fleurs minces.

RUSSIAN :  Абрус тонколистный.   

 

Abrus precatorius L.

SYNONYM(S) :   Abrus abrus (L.) W. Wight.,   Glycine abrus L.

ARABIC :  عين الديك   'Ayn ed dik (Egypt),    بطرة هندي   Batrah hindi, قلقل   Qulqul, ششم   Shashm,    عين العفريت.

ASSAMESE :  Liluwani, Raturmani.

BENGALI :    Chun hali, Gunj (Goontch),  গুঞ্জা  Gunja,  গুঞ্জিকা Gunjika, Gurgonje, Kunch,  কুঁচ  Kuncha.

BURMESE :  Ywe gale, Ywe nge.

CHINESE :  Xian xi teng,   相思子  Xiang si zi , 雞母珠  Ji mu zhu (Taiwan).

CZECH :  Sotorek obecný, Sotorek růžencový.

ENGLISH :  Black-eyed Susan, Coral-beadplant, Crab's eyes,  Indian licorice, Jamaican licorice, Jequirity, Jequirity bean,  Jumbie beads,  Jumble beads,  Licorice vine, Love bean, Love nut, Lucky bean,  Minnie minnies, Prayer beads, Prayer beans, Precatory, Precatory bean, Red beadvine, Rosary pea, Weatherplant, Weathervine, Wild liquorice.  

FRENCH :   Abrus à prière, Arbre à chapelet, Cascavelle (Réunion),  Graine diable (Réunion), Herbe de diable (Réunion), Liane à réglisse, Soldat (Réunion), Réglisse (Réunion), Réglisse marron, Pater noster (Réunion), Jéquirity, Grain d'église, Pois rouge.

GERMAN :  Paternostererbse, Paternoster-Erbse, Paternosterkraut.

GUJARATI :  Chanothi, Gunja,  રત્તી   Ratti .

HINDI :  Ganchi, Guncai, गुंच   Gunch, Gunche,  गुंची Gunchi,  गुञ्जा Gunja, कूंच Kunch, माषा  Masha, पाटहिका  Patahika,  करजनी , रत्ती  Ratti.

ITALIAN :  Falsa liquirizia, Regolizia d'America.

JAPANESE :  トウアズキ Tou azuki,   唐小豆  Tou azuki.

KANNADA :  Ganji, Gulganju, Gulugani,  गुलगुंजी  Gulugunji, Gungi, Madhuka.

KOREAN :  홍두 Hong du.

MADURESE :  Ga'saga'an lakek.

MALAY :  Kenderi, Piling-piling, Pokok saga, Pokok tasbih, Saga (Kalimantan), Saga telik (Indonesian - Java), Taning bajang.

MALAYALAM :  കുന്നി Kunni, കുന്നി കുരു    Kunni kuru (seeds).

MARATHI : Chanoti,   गुंज  Gunja, इंग्रजी Goonteh, Gunehi,  लॅटीन,  मधुयष्टि  Madhuyashti,  रती   Rati.

NEPALESE :    Laalgedii,    Ratigedii.

ORIYA :  Gunja, Runji.

POLISH :  Modligroszek pospolity.

PORTUGUESE :  Jequirity, Jiquiriti (Brazil).

PUNJABI :  Lagrigunchi, Ratak.

RUSSIAN :   Абрус молитвенный  Abrus molitvennyj, Чёточник  Chétochnik.

SANSKRIT :  गुंजा   Gunjaa, मधुयष्टिका  Madhuyashtika, रक्तिका  Raktika, रती rati .

SERBIAN : Brojanice-očenaš, Jekviriti, Crveni grašak.

SUNDANESE :  Saga areuy.

TAMIL :  Gundumani,   குன்றி  Kunyi,  குன்றிமணி  Kunyimni ,  குந்து மணி   Kundu manni, Kuntumani.

TELUGU :   గుంజ  Gunja, గురిగింజ  Guriginja, Guruginia, Guruvenda,  రక్తిక  Raktika.

THAI :  ชะเอม เทศ  Cha em thet,   มะขาม เถา Ma khaam tao,   มะ แค๊ก Ma khaek (Chiang Mai),   มะกล่ำแดง Ma klam daeng,  มะกล่ำ เครือ Ma klam khru, มะกล่ำตาหนู  Ma klam taa nuu.   

TURKISH :  Amerika kaya sarmaşığı.

URDU :  خاکشي   Khakshi,  قيراط   Qirat, سرخ   Surkh.

VIETNAMESE :  Cam thảo dây, Cườm thảo, Dây chi chi, Dây cườm cườm, Tương tư đằng.

UNIDENTIFIED :  Ndé blé ni  (Africa).


Photographs of flowers, beans and beads in pods at Bardbadine. (nice shots).
Photographs of beads, and the familiar entertaining fascinating but scientifically serious descriptions at Wayne's Word.

NOTE :  the deadly seeds  should not be confused with those of the Adenanthera species. Refer to Professor Wayne. P. Armstrong's articles < http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plmar97.htm#jumbie > and  < http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601c.htm#deadliest >.   for information.


 


HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Abrus Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database   (M.M.P.N.D)  - A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems. Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.
< http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Abrus.html > (2010).

 

REFERENCES
General Bibliography
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Specific & complementary




Armstrong  W. P. 2005. Online Textbook of Natural History. Botany & Biology : incl. Ecology, Adaptations & Economic Uses by People. Wayne's Word, Palomar College, USA. < http://waynesword.palomar.edu/wayne.htm >.  Warning : Every page of this mega site is incredibbly interesting. Replace at least one TV night with a thorough browsing of it and your life will be that much richer.

Armstrong  W. P. 2005. Noteworthy Plants of the World - Magical Seeds from India.. < http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plmar97.htm#jumbie >

Armstrong  W. P. 2005. Botanical Record-Breakers - Amazing Trivia about Plants. The Deadliest Plants In The World. Wayne's Word. < http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601c.htm#deadliest >.

Balian Blue, 2003,  KHASIAT TANAMAN PILING-PILING (ABRUS PRECATORIUS L.).
< http://www.iloveblue.com/bali_gaul_funky/artikel_bali/detail/200.htm >.  Many more local names in this article.

Barbadine, 2005, Abrus precatorius L. Barbadine - Graines et Semences Tropicales (Tropical Seeds), Ile de la Réunion (France). Bi-lingual site. < http://www.barbadine.com/pages/abrus_precatorius_lien.htm >.

Bao Bojian & Gilbert Michael,  (undated Draft) FABACEAE Tribe ABREAE 相思子族  xiang si zi zu. Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Missouri Botanical Garden c/o Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K. < http://foc.bio-mirror.cn/mss/volume10/Fabaceae-K-Abreae_reviewing.htm >.

U Pe Than, U Kyaw Tun, & staff of TIL , 2005,  Myanmar Medicinal Plants , Tun Institute of Learning (TIL), < http://www.tuninst.net/MyanMedPlants/TIL/indx-TIL.htm >,  Incl.  U Hla Maw, 1959, A List of Burmese Medicinal Plants1, Pharmaceuticals Section, Applied Chemistry,  Research Department, Union of Burma Applied Research Institute.  < http://www.tuninst.net/MyanMedPlants/UHM/akshara/myan.htm#INDEX-VERNACULAR-NAMES >.

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?abrus (18 April 2005). (GRIN)



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