Abrus Adans.

• Authority

  Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

• Family

  Fabaceae

• Scientific Name

  Abrus Adans.

• Description

  Description - Slender, somewhat woody vines, with evenly pinnate leaves, the numerous small estipellate leaflets entire, the rachis terminating in a small bristle, the small rose to white flowers clustered at the nodes of axillary or terminal racemes. Calyx subtruncate, its teeth very short. Standard ovate, with a broad and short claw; wings oblong, falcate; keel curved, larger than the wings. Stamens 9, monadelphous. Ovary nearly sessile, several-many-ovuled; style short, curved; stigma terminal. Pod flat, 2-valved, partitioned between the subglobose, shining seeds. [Greek, graceful.] Five known species, of tropical regions, the following typical.