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Abrus pulchellus Thwaites

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HIGHER TAXON: Abreae

GENUS: Abrus Adans.

Abrus pulchellus Thwaites [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [210]; Benin (N) [270]; Botswana (U) [210]
    Cameroon (N) [270]; Central African Rep. (N) [270]
    Chad (N) [64]; Equatorial Guinea-ISO (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]
  
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]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  5 subspp.(Verdc, ref.270) of which 2, tenuiflorus & suffruticosus,in Africa.


DATA SOURCES:

14.

   Dalziel,J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

23.

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

24.

   Thulin,M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

52.

   Verdcourt,B. & Trump,E.C., 1969
    Common Poisonous Plants of East Africa
    Common Poisonous Plants of East Africa

64.

   Lebrun,J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional
    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
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

270.

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

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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