Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea
Fabaceae
Clitoria ternatea is one of the most amazing plants for hanging basket culture that I have grown. The plant blooms in only 6 weeks from seed.
Clitoria ternatea
This fast growing climber is a fairly common tender perennial species that produces two inch, pinkish blue flowers in mid to late Summer.
Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) is regarded as an environmental weed in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, and is also seen as a potential environmental weed in northern Queensland.
Clitoria ternatea, Clitorea ternatea
Family: Faboideae / Leguminosae / Papilionaceae
Butterfly Pea, Asian Pigeonwings
Origin: Tropical America ...
Concha Blanca [English]: Clitoria ternatea
Concha De Suela [English]: Eperua jenmanii sandwithii
Concha De Suela [English]: Eperua jenmanii jenmanii
Concha De Suela [English]: Eperua jenmanii
Concha De Suela [English]: Eperua jenmanii subsp.
The best results are obtained with a plant from South East Asia called butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea , Fabaceae), whose deep blue coloured flowers have been used to colour desserts, particularly in Thailand; but in our days, ...
 See also: Malva, Aralia, Mango, Orchid, Mangifera
  
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