The Global Reach of Abrus Precatorius: Names and Recognition Across Languages and Countries

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