Distribution Map

Abrus laevigatus

               
(Abrus fruticulosus)

Fabaceae Faboideae Abreae 

As at April 2024, 16 herbarium specimens, 3 photo records, 22 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Medicinal
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Abrus laevigatus - Slender, straggling or twining, very sparsely hairy; leaves well spaced, up to c 7 cm long, stalk c 2 cm long; leaflets up to c nine pairs, oblong, up to 1,5 cm long x 8 mm wide blunt with minute point. Inflorescence terminal; flowers irregularly placed on last few cm; calyx about 3 mm long, conical, scarcely lobed; corolla c 9 mm long, mauve, white or cream with darker keel. Pods flat, smooth, shortly stalked, c 4 cm long x 1 cm wide, c seven-seeded..

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.