Crab's Eye Vine
- Scientific Name
- Abrus precatorious
- Category
- Plants
Seeds used for ornamentation. e.g. bracelets and necklaces.
.Slender deciduous perennial vine with twining stems to 10 metres high. Leaves pinnate, whole leaf 40-105 mm long, divided into 12-19 pairs of oblong or oblong ovate leaflets 7-24 mm long x 3-8 mm wide. Flowers mauve to purple pea-flowers, 1-1.2 cm long, in clusters on pendulous racemes. Fruit: smooth, flat pods 30-65 mm long x 12-14 mm wide, pale brown when ripe. Found in lowland and sandstone country.
Contribute
Do you have photographs of plants and animals from Kakadu and western Arnhem Land?
You can contribute them to this site. Search for a species in the search engine below and follow the instructions to contribute your images.
- Kundjeyhmi term
- kirriwukkirriwuk / an-kindjilkindjil / kindjilkindjil
- Kuninjku term
- kirriwuk-kirriwuk / karrawukka
Contribute
Do you have photographs of plants and animals from Kakadu and western Arnhem Land?
You can contribute them to this site. Search for a species in the search engine below and follow the instructions to contribute your images.