Pan India Bouquets

Clitoria ternatea L.

Family : Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Synonym(s) : Clitoria albiflora Mattei; Clitoria bracteata Poir.; Clitoria mearnsii De Wild.; Clitoria parviflora Raf.; Clitoria philippensis Perr.; Clitoria spectabilis Salisb.; Clitoria tanganicensis Micheli; Clitoria ternatea f. albiflora (Voigt) Fantz; Clitoria ternatea f. fasciculata Fantz; Clitoria ternatea f. leucopetala Fantz; Clitoria ternatea var. major Paxton; Clitoria ternatea var. pleniflora Fantz; Clitoria ternatea f. subpolyadelpha Fantz; Clitoria ternatensium Crantz; Clitoria zanzibarensis Vatke; Deguelia javanica (Miq.) Taub.; Derris javanica Miq.; Lathyrus spectabilis Forssk.; Nauchea bracteata Dupuis ex Descourt.; Nauchea ternatea (L.) Descourt.; Phaseolus clitorius Noronha; Pterocarpus javanicus (Miq.) Kuntze; Ternatea indica J.St.-Hil.; Ternatea ternatea (L.) Kuntze; Ternatea vulgaris Kunth; Wisteria dubia Walp.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Clitoria ternatea L.
Common name : Butterfly Pea, Clitoria
Vernacular name : Aparajita (Hindi); Sangapusha, Shankpushpi (Kannada); Kaakkattan, Sankupuspam, Karka kartum (Tamil); Nalla-ghantana, Sanku-poolu, Shanku pushpi (Telugu); Aparajita (Oria); Shankapushpi (Sanskrit); Gokarn (Marathi); Aaral Kakkanamkoti, Malayamukki, Sankupushpum (Malayalam); Aparajita (Assamese); Aparajita (Manipuri); Aparaajitaa, Shankhapushpee, Gokarna (Nepali); Aparajita (Bengali)
Habit : Climber
Habitat : Cultivated as ornamental
Comments / notes : Cultivated for its decorative flowers
Flower, Fruit : February-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Cape Verde, Tropical and South Africa, Arabian Peninsula
Exotic/Native : Exotic
World Distribution : Widely cultivated in Tropics
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 103; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 696
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Clitoria ternatea. Downloaded on 1 October 2023.

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