ABRUS precatorius Verdc. subsp. africanus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
ABRUS precatorius Verdc. subsp. africanus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Mitt. Bot. München 7: 328 (Mar. 1970) & in K.B. 24: 241 (Apr. 1970). Type: Kenya, Tana River District, 48 km. S. of Garsen, Kurawa, Polhill & Paulo 628 (K, holo. !, EA, iso. !)
ABRUS precatorius [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu Bak. in F.T.A. 2: 175 (1871); Taub. in E. & P. Pf. 3 (3): 355 (1894), pro parte; Harms in V.E. 3 (1): 648, fig. 308 (1915); L.T.A.: 351 (1929); F.P.N.A. 1: 338 (1948); W.F.K.: 46 (1948); U.O.P.Z.: 99, fig. (1949); T.T.C.L.: 404 (1949); Boutique in F.C.B. 6: 85 (1954); Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 574 (1958); F.P.U.: 84 (1962), non L. sensu stricto]
Information
Pods mostly 2–3.5 cm. long; valves muriculate outside.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K3, 5–7; T1–4, 6, 8; Z; P widespread throughout tropical Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, also introduced into Australia and the New World
Altitude range
0–1350 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kisumu, shore of Lake Victoria, 14 Mar. 1951, Bogdan 2912 !KENYA Masai District Magadi, foot of W. Rift wall, 31 July 1955, Greenway !KENYA Kilifi District Malindi, Oct. 1954, Tweedie 1249 !TANGANYIKA Musoma District Lupa, Nyambono, 4 June 1959, Tanner 4314!TANGANYIKA Mpanda District Ikuu, 21 Jan. 1950, Bullock 2301 !TANGANYIKA Rufiji District Mafia I., 23 Mar. 1933, Wallace 711!UGANDA Busoga District shore of Lake Victoria, Lugala Landing, 26 Mar. 1953, G. H. S. Wood 670!UGANDA Mengo District Entebbe road, Kajansi Forest, Oct. 1935, Chandler 1456 ! & Kampala, Makerere, 24 Oct. 1935, Chandler & Hancock 61 !ZANZIBAR Zanzibar I., Mazizini, 20 Feb. 1964, Faulkner 3351 ! & 29 Dec. 1963, Faulkner 3337 ! & Masingini Ridge, 1 Feb. 1929, Greenway 1292 !ZANZIBAR Pemba I., Chake Chake, 20 Oct. 1929, Vaughan 908 !
Notes
Although the seeds are usually of the well-known black and red coloration, specimens with entirely black seeds have been collected, e.g. Tanganyika, Moshi, Gutmann in Peter 48776! and Morogoro District, Kwedihombo to Turiani, 18 Nov. 1914, Peter 49623 !
ABRUS precatorius Verdc. subsp. africanus [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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