3857.000 Clitoria L.

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

Clitoria ternatea

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ternatea L.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Clitoria:

Flora of Zimbabwe: native/naturalised Clitoria page
ePIC (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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Clitoria.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=758, retrieved 22 May 2013

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