Giddee Giddee or Rosary Pea

Description:

A slender vine which grows during the wet season and dies back in the dry. The seeds of this species contain albrin one of the most powerful poisons known. There is more than enough albrin in one seed to kill a man but if the seed coat is unbroken the toxin is not released. Everist (1974). This species has medicinal properties and is also very poisonous.

Habitat:

Occurs in WA, NT, CYP, NEQ and southwards as far as south-eastern Queensland and perhaps north-eastern New South Wales. Altitudinal range in northern Australia from near sea level to 500 m. Frequently grows in beach forest, also found in vine thicket and monsoon forest. Also occurs in Africa, Asia, Malesia and the Pacific islands.

Notes:

Slade Point Nature Reserve.