Abrus precatorius has many names. The list below shows the country and how it refers to Abrus precatorius:
In Yoruba: Oju ologbo
In Igbo: Otuobiribiri
In Hausa: Idon Zakara
In Twi: Obireku-aniwa
In Ewe: Viviman
Common names in English include:
Country Licorice
Crab's Eye Creeper
Gidee Gidee
Jamaica Wild Licorice
John Crow Bead
Jumbie Bead
licorice
love pea
paternoster pea
prayer bead
precatory pea
red-bead vine
weather plant
wild licorice
akar saga
Black-eyed Susan
Coral bead plant
coral bead vine
Bead vine
cock's eyes
coondrimany
In the land of Britain, it Common names include:
crab's-eye (English GB)
Rosary Pea (English GB)
In the United States of America it is called:
Indian licorice (English (US)
Precatory bean: (English (US)
In the French language it is called:
arbre à chapelets French
liane à réglisse
réglisse d'Amérique
The Spanish Call it:
bejuco de chochos
ojo de canzero
ojos de cangrejos
peronia
guairuros Spanish
cochos de pinta
colorines Spanish
bejuco de pionia
In German it termed as:
Kranzerbse
Paternostererbse
The Italian refers to it as:
fagiolo corallino
regolizia d'America
In Portuguese it is called:
conteira
fruta-de-conta
jequiriti
tento
carolina-miuda (Brazilian Portuguese)
crisnala Portuguese (BR)
jiriquiti Portuguese (BR)
olho-de-pombo Portuguese (BR)
English Common names in some other countries include:
Rosary pea: Egypt
Jequirity bean: Philippines
Crab's eye: Nepal
In some other countries it is known as:
In Hindi:
Ratti
Gunchi
Gunja
Gaunchi
In Marathi:
Gunja
In Gujarati:
Gumchi
Chanothi
In Punjab:
Mulati
In Telugu:
Guruginia
In Urdu:
Ghunchi
In Bengali:
Kunch
Koonch
Chunhali
In Kannada:
Gurugunji
In Kashmiri:
Shangir
In Malyalam:
Kunni
Gundumani
In Persian:
Gunchi
Chashami-Khurosa
In Indonesia:
Saga
Weglis
In Pakistan:
Gunchi
In Nepal:
Rati gedi
In The Dutch Language:
paternostererwt
weesboontje
The Japanese refers to it as:
tô-azuki
In Russia:
абрус опасный
In Sinhalese:
olinda
In Swedish:
paternosterböna
paternosterärt
In Tamil:
adisamiyai
kunri
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