A good set of photographs Sir On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Abrus precatorius* L., Syst. nat. ed. 12, 2:472. 1767 > > Common names: *coral-beadplant*, *crab's-eye*, *Indian-licorice*, * > jequirity*, *jequirity-bean*, *licorice-vine*, *love-bean*, *lucky-bean*, > *minnie-minnies*, *prayer-beads*, > *precatory*, *precatory-bean*, *red-beadvine*, *rosary-pea*, *weatherplant > *, *weathervine* > *Hindi: Rati* > * > * > Climber with up to 10 cm long leaves with 12-20 pairs of opposite > leaflets; flowers pink or white with pink tinge, on axillary pedunculate > racemes; pod up to 4.5 cm long containing 3-5 seeds which are nearly 6-8 mm > long, scarlet with black spot. > > Photographed from Herbal Garden in Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
