Abrus fruticulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn.

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Abrus fruticulosus

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mazowe River, Maramba CL

Abrus fruticulosus

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mazowe River, Maramba CL

Abrus fruticulosus

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mazowe River, Maramba CL

Abrus fruticulosus

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mazowe River, Maramba CL

Abrus fruticulosus

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mazowe River, Maramba CL

Abrus fruticulosus

Picture: Bart Wursten
Mazowe River, Maramba CL

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Synonyms: Abrus acutifolius Blume ex Miq.
Abrus precatorius L. var. villosula Miq.
Abrus schimperi Baker
Abrus schimperi Baker subsp. africanus (Vatke) Verdc.
Abrus schimperi Baker subsp. oblongus Verdc.
Hoepfneria africana Vatke
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Woody shrub up to c. 3.5 m tall. Leaves with 7-17 pairs of leaflets; leaflets oblong. Inflorescences terminal and in the upper axils, variable in length, 2-26 cm long. Corolla cream, yellow, pale purple, mauve, blue or light violet, wings usually darker than the standard, 8-14 mm long. Pods oblong to oblanceolate, 5.4-8 cm long, somewhat woody and more or less conspicuously tuberculate.
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India
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Altitude range: 300 - 1260 m
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Worldwide distribution: Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Benin, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, India, southeastern China and the Andaman Islands. Introduced i
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): C,E,S
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Literature:

Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 213 - 215. as Abrus schimperi subsp. africanus and subsp oblongus

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 278. as Abrus schimperi subsp. africanus (Includes a picture).

Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. as Abrus schimperi subsp. africanus and subsp oblongus

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 247. as Abrus schimperi subsp. africanus and subsp oblongus

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 46. as Abrus schimperi subsp. africanus and subsp oblongus

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Abrus fruticulosus.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131300, retrieved 28 March 2024

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