Common name
English: Blue Pea
German: Blaue Klitorie
Mandarin: 蝶豆 (die dou)
Portuguese: Feno de cunhã
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(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
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, purple
External links
Check for Clitoria ternatea at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [225] Clitoria ternatea - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
- [1514] Clitoria ternatea - Flora of China @ efloras.org