Description

Abrus precatorius, commonly known as jequirity bean or rosary pea, is an herbaceous flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae. It is a slender, perennial climber with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves that twines around trees, shrubs, and hedges. Mature seeds contain alkali, toxalbumin (abrin I, II, III, abrus agglutinin I, II), sterols, polysaccharide and flavonoids compounds. It used as an antitumor, antihistaminic, antiallergic and contraceptive.

Scientific classitication

Family: Fabaceae

Genus: Abrus

Common Name

jequirity bean

Reference

Hovde BT, Daligault HE, Hanschen ER, Kunde YA, Johnson MB, Starkenburg SR, Johnson SL. Detection of Abrin-Like and Prepropulchellin-Like Toxin Genes and Transcripts Using Whole Genome Sequencing and Full-Length Transcript Sequencing of Abrus precatorius. Toxins. 2019; 11(12):691. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11120691