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Species profile—Abrus precatorius (crabs-eye vine)

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Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Leguminosae → Abrus precatorius (crabs-eye vine)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Leguminosae
Scientific name
Abrus precatorius L.
Common name
crabs-eye vine
WildNet taxon ID
15819
Alternate name(s)
gidee gidee
pun-dir pun-dir
jequirity
Indian liquorice
giddee-giddee
do-anjn-jin
crab's-eye creeper
crab's eyes
crab's eye vine
crab's eye
precatory bean
jequirity bean
rosary pea
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=15819

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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