Clitoria ternatea L.
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Crocodile Farm, Kariba
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Crocodile Farm, Kariba
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Crocodile Farm, Kariba
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Crocodile Farm, Kariba
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Synonyms:
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Clitorea tanganicensis Micheli
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Common names:
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Blue Pidgeon-wings (English)
Butterfly pea (English)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Probably introduced |
Description:
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Perennial climbing or trailing herb, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves imparipinnate with 2-4 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet. Leaflets ovate to elliptic-oblong, up to 6.5 × 4 cm, mostly hairless above, pubescent below. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2 together, resupinate, large and showy, bright blue with a with centre, sometimes completely white. Standard up to 5 × 4 cm. Pod linear-oblong, 6-13 cm long, flattened, mucronate at the apex, hairless or finely pubescent. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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Habitat:
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Occurring in hot areas of open woodland and wooded grassland, usually near rivers or lakeshores, often in disturbed places. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
Up to 1000 m |
Flowering time: | All year |
Worldwide distribution:
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Pantropical. Its true origins are now uncertain due to widespread cultivation. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,W,E |
Growth form(s):
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Climber.
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Tuesday 28 July 2009 |
Literature:
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Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 217.
Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 34 - 36. (Includes a picture).
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 46.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-22
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2022).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Clitoria ternatea. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131310, retrieved 23 May 2022
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