Abrus pulchellus Thwaites

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Abrus Adans.
Tribe: Abreae
References: [210][1788]

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1990(Americas Update)Zarucchi JL
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [210]
  • Benin [270]
  • Botswana [210]
  • Cameroon [270]
  • Central African Rep. [270]
  • Chad [64]
  • Equatorial Guinea-ISO [270]
  • Ghana [270]
  • Guinea [270]
  • Guinea Bissau [270]
  • Liberia [270]
  • Malawi [210]
  • Mozambique [210]
  • Nigeria [210]
  • Senegal [270]
  • Sierra Leone [210]
  • Sudan [210]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Togo [23]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [210]
  • Zambia [210]

• South America [1788]
  • Brazil [1788]

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Notes:

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

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:56:06