abrus_precatorius_l
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Fabaceae
Jequerity, Rosary Pea
Woody twiner, 10 ft. or more, lightly appressed-hairy; leaflets 8-15 pairs, close together, oblong with broad ends, 0.5 in. or less long, entire, minutely apiculate, easily falling ; flowers red to purple, seldom white, about 0.35 in. long, in peduncled racemes 1-3 in. long; pod flat and broad,1.5 in. or less long, close-pubescent, beaked; seeds ovoid, 0.25 in. or less long, shining brilliant scarlet with lower third black;
seeds used in bead work and for rosaries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrus_precatorius
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