Abrus precatorius L.
	Family : Fabaceae Habit: Twining shrub Sanskrit: Gunja English: Indian liquorice, Wild liquorice, Jequirity, Crab's eye, Paternoster Pea, Weather plant, Rosary pea
Description
A twining climber, with pinnate, ovate, obovate or oblong leaflets, pale-purple to yellowish crowded subsessile flowers, in terminal or axillary, dense pseudoracemes and bulgy, oblong pods containing glossy, blood red, ovoid with a black lateral blotch, or completely white or black seeds.
Useful part
Roots, leaves, seeds
Uses
Cough, cold, jaundice, painful swellings, leucoderma, gonorrhoea, skin diseases, eye diseases, leprosy, ulcers, nervous system disorders, paralysis, diarrhoea, dysentery, wounds, asthma, tubercular glands, fever, purgative
Major chemical constituents
Abrins A, B and C, abralin, abrine, hypaphorine, choline, 5β-cholanic acid, trigonelline, precatorine, abricin, abridin, abrectorin, premtorin, abrusin abruslactone A, methyl abrusgenate, abrusgenic acid, n-hentriacontane, pentacosanoic acid, β-amyrin, campesterol, abranin, delphinidin-3, 5-diglucoside, pelargonidin 3, 5-diglucoside, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, glycyrrhizin, precol, abrol, abrasine, precasine, terpenes, isoflavanquinones, tephrosin, rotenone,  deguelin.