Genus: over 100 species.
English: Horse-eye beans; Ormosias; Sea beans.
Spanish: Chocho.
Region: tropical, especially in East Asia.
Use: seeds for jewelry, decorative purposes, good luck charms.
BotanyTrees or large shrubs.
Seeds: floating; poisonous; look pretty, bright colors and decorative patterns like eyes, seeds of Abrus, Rhynchosia, Adenanthera, but much larger.