Abrus precatorius L.

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Abrus precatorius L.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 506, Mar 1914

  • Location

    Philippines. Metropolitan Manila. Manila, Luzon.

  • Collection Notes

    "Merrill: Species Blancoanae"

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4795431

    Occurrence ID: d44607a2-9b75-46d1-a0c3-ecdb26ec4b03

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Fabales

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • All Determinations

    Abrus precatorius L.

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Metropolitan Manila

  • Locality

    Manila, Luzon

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]. [Province/State not specified as such on label, but inferred from locality data]

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abrUs Lifinaeus
ABRUS PRECATORIUS Linn.; Blanco FjL Filip. (1837) 565; ed. 2 (1845)
394; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 361, t. 156.
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It
is common and widely distributed in the settled areas of the
Philippines at low and medium altitudes; certainly introduced
but of prehistoric introduction.
Illustrative specimen from
(Merrill; Species Blancoanae
§06* Atoms preoatorius Linn*•
Blanoo
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