English: Blue Pea

German: Blaue Klitorie

Mandarin: 蝶豆 (die dou)

Portuguese: Feno de cunhã

Kingdom: Plantae (1919)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1830)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1545)

      Order: Fabales (179)

        Family: Fabaceae (179) (family description)

          Genus: Clitoria (1)

           Epithet: ternatea L. (1)

Synonym: Ternatea vulgaris Kuntze

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

Check for Clitoria ternatea at The Plant List, 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

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