Fabaceae
Rosarypea
Abrus precatorius
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Abrus
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Common names
By language (62)
- Afrikaans
- Minnie-minnies, Mini-minies, Minie-minies, Paternostertjies
- Arabic
- عين العفريت, بروس
- arz
- عين العفريت
- Assamese
- লাটুমণি লতা
- Bambara
- Ntenkisɛdafin
- Bangla
- কুঁচ, কাইচ, গুঞ্জা, চিরমিতি, চুনহাতি, রতি
- Burmese
- ချင်ရွေးပင်
- Cantonese
- 相思子
- Chinese
- 雞母珠, 鸡母珠, 猴子眼, 相思子, 相思子根, 相思子（相思豆）, 相思藤, 相思豆
- Croatian
- Rakovo oko
- Czech
- Sotorek obecný, Sotorek růžencový
- Dutch
- Paternosterboontje, Paternosterboon
- English
- Rosarypea, Crab's eye, Crab's eye vine, Precatory pea or bean, Rosary pea
- Estonian
- Kee-palvehernes
- Finnish
- Paternosterpapu
- French
- Haricot paternoster, Pois rouge
- German
- Paternostererbse, Paternostererbsen
- Gujarati
- ચણોઠી, રત્તી
- Haitian Creole
- Lyann legliz
- Hausa
- Ta ga rana
- Hebrew
- אברוס
- Hindi
- गुंजा, रत्ती
- Indonesian
- Saga rambat, Daun saga, Saga telik
- Italian
- Abro
- Japanese
- トウアズキ
- Javanese
- Sogok telik lanang
- Kannada
- ಗುಲಗಂಜಿ
- Kazakh
- Sıýınatın abrws, Сыйынатын абрус, سىيىناتىن ابرۋس
- Korean
- 홍두
- lah
- رتی
- Lithuanian
- Vaistinis abras
- lzh
- 相思子
- mad
- Ghâ'-saghâ'ân, Ghâ'-saghâ'ân lakè', Saghâ
- Malagasy
- Kelimiefitra, Masokoaky, Masonamboagara, Masonamboangara, Masonamboatora, Masonkoaky, Masonombilahy, Vahemboamena
- Malay
- Pokok Akar Saga, Abrin, Biji saga, Pokok Akar Belimbing, Pokok Saga Akar, Pokok Saga Betina, Pokok Saga Kenari, Pokok Tasbih
- Malayalam
- കുന്നി, കുന്നിക്കുരു, കുന്നിമണി
- Marathi
- गुंज
- Nepali
- लालगेडी
- Odia
- କାଇଁଚ
- pam
- Kansasaga
- pap
- Makurá
- Persian
- چشم خرچنگی
- Portuguese
- Ervilha do Rosário
- Punjabi
- ਰੱਤੀ
- pwn
- Kanadunadung
- Russian
- Абрус молитвенный, Glycine abrus
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၶႅၵ်း, မၢၵ်ႇၶႅၵ်း
- Sindhi
- رتي
- Slovenian
- Molkovec, Abrus
- Spanish
- Abro, Bugallon, Bugallón, Chochitos de indio, Glycine abrus, Pepusa, Peronilla, Regaliz americano
- ss
- UmPhitsi
- Sundanese
- Saga
- Swahili
- Mtipitipi, Mongaluchi
- Tamil
- குன்றி, குன்றிமணி, குன்றிவித்து, குன்றிச் செடி
- tcy
- ಗುರುಗುಙಿ
- Telugu
- గురివింద, రక్తిక
- Thai
- มะกล่ำตาหนู, กํ่าเคือ, มะกลํ่าเครือ
- Tongan
- Moho, Dalbergia candenatensis, Dalbergia monosperma
- Urdu
- رتی
- Vietnamese
- Cam thảo dây, Chi chi, Cườm cườm, Cườm thảo đỏ, Cảm sảo, Hương tư tử, Tương tư thảo, Tương tư đằng
- Wolof
- Bëtu-jaan
- Yoruba
- Iwere-jeje
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jack_beetle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Satheesan.vn at ml.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: accidentalshrike, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hopeland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: YVSREDDY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vaishnavi Gaonkar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alejandro Vásquez Vidaurre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.