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Abrus pulchellus Thwaites

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HIGHER TAXON: Abreae

GENUS: Abrus Adans.

Abrus pulchellus Thwaites [Preferred name]
    Abrus fruticulosus auct. non Wight & Arn. {Misapplied}
    Abrus laevigatus sensu Breteler {Misapplied}
    Abrus stictosperma Berhaut {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Benin (N) [270]; Botswana (U) [210]; Cameroon (N) [270]; Central African Rep. (N) [270]; Chad (N) [64]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [270]; Ghana (N) [270]; Guinea (N) [270]; Guinea Bissau (N) [270]; Liberia (N) [270]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Nigeria (N) [210]; Senegal (N) [270]; Sierra Leone (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]
  Asia
Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (N) [1937, 3414]; Guangxi [3414]; Yunnan [3414]; Indonesia (N) [1937]; Laos (N) [1937]; Thailand (N) [1937]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [3402]
  South America
Brazil (U) [1788]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [210];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest. [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland. [210];
    Somalia-Masai woodland [210];
    Sudanian woodland [210];
    Zambezian forest [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 1937, 3402, 3414] ; Illustration [1937, 3414]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3402], Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [3402], Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (Americas Update) Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS200

  
NOTES:
  Five subspecies of which three in Indonesia. [243]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

23.

  Ern, H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

64.

  Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

243.

  Verdcourt, B., 1970
    Kew Bull.24:1-70. Studies in FTEA Leg.-Pap.: I

270.

  Verdcourt, B., 1970
    Kew Bull.24:235-307. Studies in FTEA Leg.-Pap.: II

1788.

  Lewis, G.P. & Owen, P.E., 1989
    Legumes Ilha de Maraca

1937.

  Thuan, N. et al., 1987
    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol. 23.P.

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3414.

  Li, J.L., 1994
    Abrus. In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 40 (Leguminosae 2)
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