Common name
English: Blue Pea
German: Blaue Klitorie
Mandarin: 蝶豆 (die dou)
Portuguese: Feno de cunhã
English: Blue Pea
German: Blaue Klitorie
Mandarin: 蝶豆 (die dou)
Portuguese: Feno de cunhã
Kingdom: Plantae (2598)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2495)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2110)
Order: Fabales (237)
Family: Fabaceae (237)(family description)
Genus: Clitoria (1)
Epithet: ternatea L. (1)
Synonyms: Clitoria albiflora Mattei, Ternatea vulgaris Kuntze
albiflora => white-flowered
ternatea => growing in threes, three of a kind, or three in a whorl
vulgaris => common, everyday
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, purple
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