Family Name: Fabaceae
Botanical Name(s): Abrus precatorius
Popular Name(s): Rosary Pea, Jequerity, Crab's Eye, Precatory Bean, Tento Muido, Cain Ghe, Graines Reglisse, Weesboontje, Rakat, Hint Meyankoku, Hung Tou, Jequerit, Liane Reglisse, Ma Liao Tou, Paratella, Paternoster.
Parts Used: Seeds, leaves
Habitat: Throughout Central India
Description: Abrus precatorius is a twining herb with delicate feathery leaves. Flowers are rose to purple growing at the end of a stalk. Fruits are short pods containing hard, shiny, scarlet and black seeds.
Uses: Abrus precatorius roots are used for gonorrhoea, jaundice and haemoglobinuric bile. The oil extracted from seeds is said to promote the growth of human hair. Abrus precatorius is also used as an abortifacient, laxative, sedative and aphrodisiac.