Abrus precatorius L.

University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF THAILAND
Genus: Abrus
Species: precatorius
Authority
Family: Leguminosae
Det. By:
Field Chr: Twiner, frts dry with black-spotted, shiny red seeds
Notes: Abundant
Locality: Songkhla, Hatyai, road Hatyai-Songkhla
Habitat* Thickets along roadside, sandy soil
Alt.: 10 m Geogr.iCoord.: 100	20 E X 7	10	N
Coll.: D.D.Soejarto, T.Santisuk, K.Taylor, N.Nantasan
No.: 5999 Coll. Date: April 13, 1987
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number: Q6601040-R.
Collected under contract to: U.S. National Cancer Institute,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold Arboretum (Harvard
University), and Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago).
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