Names
Abrus precatorius has different names in various Indian languages.
- Assamese : Latumoni (লাটুমণি)
- Sanskrit : Gunja (गुंजा)
- Hindi : Ratti; Gaungchi; Gunchi; Gunja (गुंजा)
- Bengali : Kunch; Koonch
- Gujarati : Gumchi; Chanothi
- Kannada : Gulaganji (ಗುಲಗಂಜಿ)
- Kashmiri : Shangir
- Malayalam : Kunni; Kunnikkuru (കുന്നിക്കുരു)
- Persian : Gunchi; Chashami-Khurosa
- Punjabi : Mulati
- Tamil : Gundumani; Kunthamani
- Telugu : Gurivinda (గురివింద)
- Marwari:Chirmi
- Oriya:Kaincha
- ِArabic : عين العفريت
- Nepali : Ratigedi (रातिगेडी)
- Hebrew : Avrus (אברוס)
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