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Abrus pulchellus ssp. pulchellus Thwaites

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HIGHER TAXON: Abreae

GENUS: Abrus Adans.

Abrus pulchellus ssp. pulchellus Thwaites [Preferred name]
    Abrus melanospermus Hassk. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ella Olinda [1587]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3091]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (N) [243, 270]; India (N) [1914, 1944, 1947, 3019, 3027, 3119, 3144, 3366, 3380, 3465, 3587]; Andhra Pradesh [3366]; Arunachal Pradesh [1914]; Assam [1914]; Bihar [3587]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3366]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Karnataka [1944]; Kerala [3380]; Madhaya Pradesh [3366]; Maharashtra [3019]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3366]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3366]; Rajasthan [3366]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [270]; Jawa (N) [270]; Kalimantan (N) [270]; Laos (N) [1937]; Malaysia (N) [243, 270]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 3465]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Philippines (N) [3465]; Sarawak (N) [270]; Sri Lanka (N) [243, 1587]; Thailand (N) [243, 270]; Vietnam (N) [270, 1937]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [3389]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1587, 1937, 3386] ; Illustration [1937]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Medicine [3034]

  
NOTES:
  Abrus pulchellus Thwaites: Accepted [03/05/04 19:22] [3930]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

243.

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

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

270.

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

1587.

  Rudd, V.E., 1980
    A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 1:428-458 Fabaceae

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1937.

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

1944.

  Saldanha, C.J. & Nicolson, D.H., 1976
    Flora of the Hassan District, Karnataka, India.

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

2898.

  Ohashi, H., 1979
    Leguminosae In:Hara&Williams:EnumerationFlwingPl.Nepal2:103-

3019.

  Cooke, T., 1903
    The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay Vol.1

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
    Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3091.

  Prain, D., 1903
    Bengal Plants Vol 1

3119.

  Das Das, S.K. et al., 1992
    J.Econ.Tax.Bot. 16(2):305-334 A census ... Papilionaceae...

3144.

  Naithani, B.D., 1984
    Flora of India series 3. Flora of Chamoli. B.S.I. Calcutta

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3380.

  Mohanan, M. & Henry, A.N., 1994
    Flora of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3389.

  Parkinson, C.E., 1923
    A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands

3465.

  Gagnepain, F., 1913
    In:Lecomte,H.(ed.), Flore Generale de L'Indochine 2, 2.

3587.

  Haines, H.H., 1922
    The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.

3890.

  Lock, J.M. & Ford, 2004
    Legumes of Malesia: A check-list. RBG Kew.

3930.

  Harder, D., 2000
    Novon 10:124. Typif. & new combs in Abrus Adans.(Fab,Faboi,A
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