Abrus precatorius also known as romantic bean (想思豆）
The story of camellia sinesis is that it is the leaves and buds of this plant that give us the lovely variety of tea that we so love, from green tea to white, pu-er and oolong.
This camellia sinesis notebook was handmade by the good elves at BooksActually, and I now have no. 82 of the 300 made.
The story of the romantic bean was that I found a couple of them still in their pods during one of my recent walks and brought them home. For me, they are known as 想思豆. I had not known of any other name for it. It has often been associated with the romantic for its bright red colour and obligingly heart-shaped look. It is uncommon for me to see it these days though I encounter it quite easily when I was much younger.
I begin to notice that it isn't quite as common to see many of the weeds and plants that I had known from my childhood. Do you think so too?
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