Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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3857.000 Clitoria
MacKinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae FZ 3(5)
Description of the genus
Trailing, climbing or ± erect herbs. Leaves pinnately (1-)3-9-foliolate. Flowers in few-flowered racemes or solitary or paired and axillary. Bracteoles large. Flowers resupinate. Calyx 5-lobed. Standard much greater than other petals, finely hairy outside. Ovary with 2-many ovules. Pod linear-oblong, flattened or convex. Seeds with a persistent white rim-aril. Worldwide: 60 species in the tropics and subtropics, mostly in America |
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| Species | Content |
| ternatea L. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Clitoria:
Flora of Zimbabwe: native/naturalised Clitoria pageePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Clitoria
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Clitoria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Clitoria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Clitoria
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Clitoria
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