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'''Abrus precatoriusDronapushpi''' is a severely invasive plant in warm temperate to tropical regions, so much so that it has become effectively pantropical in distributionspecies within the Leucas genus and the Lamiaceae family. It had been widely introduced by humans, Leucas aspera is commonly found throughout India and the brightly coloured Philippines as well as the plains of Mauritius and Java. In India and hard-shelled seeds had been spread by birdsthe Philippines Leucas aspera is a very common weed.

[[File:IndianLicorice 7899Leucas aspera at Gandipet, Hyderabad, AP W2 IMG 9054.JPGjpg|thumb|right|''GulaganjiDronapushpi'', ''Leucas aspera'']]

'''Chemical CompositionUses''': Mature seeds contain alkali like abrineSores of the eyes, precatorineSores of the nose, etc.Fever, abraline; toxalbumin like abrin ICough, IISkin eruptions, IIICold, etc.Snakebite, abrus agglutinin IWounds, II (A. P. A Ⅰ, Ⅱ), sterols like abricin, squnalene, alcohol likeβ-amyrin, cycloartenol, 5β-cholanic acid, abrussic acid, sophoradiol, trimethyltryptophan abrusin galactose, arabinose, xylose, polysaccharide and flavonoids compounds, Seed covers contain gallic acid, abranin), delphinidinSore throats.

'''Chemical Composition''': Preliminary chemical examination of L aspera revealed presence of triterpenoids in entire plant. Whole plant is reported to contain oleanolic acid, ursolic acid and 3-sitosterol. Aerial parts are reported to contain nicotine, sterols. <span style="width: 100%; background-color: #90EE90; padding: 10px; margin: 10px; text-align: right; clear: right; margin-left: 0;">[[Abrus Precatorius Leucas aspera - GunjaDronapushpi|Read more]]</span>