Rosary Pea

2/8/2008 Constitution Park, Deerfield Beach

Rosary Pea = Abrus precatorius

Family: Fabaceae

Native to Indonesia

11/20/2012 Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

11/20/2012 Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

This plant is best known for its seeds, which are
used as beads, to make jewelry, in percussion 
instruments......but they also contains one of
the most deadly plant toxins, ABRIN.
Studies have shown that as little as 0.00015%
of toxin per body weight will cause fatality
in humans...a single seed.
But birds appear to be unaffected, as they
disperse rosary pea seed.

葉も花もカワイイけれど、やはりをの実で有名な
ロザリーピー。いろいろな使い方をされるにしては
危険な毒素ーアブリンを含んでいる。
アブリンは体重の０．０００１５％の摂取が
命取りになるという、ロザリーピー一粒でコロリ？
しかし例によって、鳥たちには毒素が通用せず、
フンの中の種からこの植物を増やす役をこなす。

11/26/2012 Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, Ft. Lauderdale