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gunja (in Kannada)
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Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Abrus precatorius
AY-brus — from the Greek abrus (delicate), referring to the leaflets
prek-uh-TOR-ee-us — from the Latin precari, to pray; supplication; prayerful
commonly known as: ‘John Crow’ bead, abrus seed, black-eyed susan, buddhist rosary bead, coral pea, coral bead plant, deadly crab’s eye, indian bead, indian liquorice, jamaican licorice, jequerity seeds, jequirity bean, jumbie beads, licorice vine, love bean, lucky bean, prayer beads, precatory bean, red beadvine, rosary beads, rosary pea, weather plant, wild liquorice • Bengali: ?????? guñja, ???????? guñjika, ???? kuncha • Gujarati: ????? ratti • Hindi: ????? gunchi, ?????? gunja, ???? kunch, ???? masha, ??????? patahika, ????? ratti • Kannada: gunja, gulagunji • Konkani: ?????? manjoti • Malayalam: ?????? kunni • Marathi: ???? gunja, ???????? madhuyashti, ??? rati • Prakrit: ???? ratia • Sanskrit: ????? gunjaa, kakachinchi, ?????????? madhuyashtika, ??????? raktika, ??? rati • Tamil: ?????? ??? kundu mani, ???? ?? kun yi, ????????? kunyimni • Telugu: ???? gunja, ???????? guriginja, ?????? raktika • Urdu: ????? khakshi, ????? qirat, ??? surkh
Native to: India, and perhaps other parts of tropical Asia
References: Flowers of India • Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh • M.M.P.N.D. • DDSA
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