Description It is a perennial herbaceous plant, with elliptic, obtuse leaves. It grows as a vine or creeper, doing well in moist, neutral soil. Its most striking feature is the color of its flowers, a vivid deep blue; solitary, with light yellow markings. They are about 4 cm ( 11⁄2 in) long by 3 cm ( 11⁄4 in) wide. The butterfly pea plant, Clitoria ternatea, is a tropical, perennial, and climbing vine that blooms in the summer with flowers noted for producing natural dyes. Although they're mostly grown for their vivid blue, purple, and white flowers, their plants also produce long flat pods containing six to ten peas, which are edible when harvested young.
West African Plants A Photo Guide Clitoria ternatea L.
Clitoria ternatea L. First published in Sp. Pl.: 753 (1753) This species is accepted The native range of this species is Cape Verde, Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a climbing perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as butterfly pea, is a perennial herbaceous plant from the Fabaceae family. It has recently attracted a lot of interest as it has potential applications both in modern medicine and agriculture, and as a source of natural food colorants and antioxidants. Clitoria ternatea is a strikingly beautiful flowering vine known for its vibrant blue flowers, which are shaped like small conch shells. It is commonly known as butterfly pea, blue pea, or Asian pigeonwings and is a member of the Fabaceae family, which includes peas and beans. Native: Native to tropical equatorial Asia, including locations in. Clitoria ternatea Common Name (s): Asian Pidgeonwings Blue Pea Butterfly Pea Phonetic Spelling klih-TOH-ree-uh tern-AH-tee-uh Description Butterfly Pea is a deciduous, perennial, trailing, flowering vine that can spread rapidly to its mature height of 15 feet.
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Description Habit: A very slender vine, to 6m. Keystone Foundation 📚 Nomenclature and Classification No Data 📚 Natural History Natural History Morphology Flower Solitary or in clusters; deep blue, occasionally white. Flowering from March-May. Fruit A linear, oblong pod, compressed, apically beaked; seeds 10-15, reniform. Clitoria ternatea L., commonly known as the butterfly pea, is a perennial herbaceous twining plant from the family of Fabaceae. It is native to Africa and is widely distributed in Asia, particularly in the Philippines, Thailand, India and Malaysia. The constituents in the leaves of Clitoria ternatea L. Yakugaku Zasshi. 1977;97:649-53. CrossRef CAS Google Scholar Morris JB. Characterization of butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea L.) accessions for morphology, phenology, reproduction and potential nutraceutical, pharmaceutical trait utilization. Genet Resour Crop Evol. 2009;56:421-42. The butterfly pea ( Clitoria ternatea L.) is a vigorous, trailing, scrambling or climbing tropical legume. Its sparsely pubescent stems are sub-erect and woody at the base and may be up to 5 m long. They root only at the tips ( Cook et al., 2005; Staples, 1992 ). The leaves are pinnate, bearing 5-7 elliptical, 3-5 cm long leaflets.
Clitoria ternatea L. Sg Merap, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.… Flickr
Clitoria ternatea (L.): Old and new aspects January 2010 Journal of Pharmacy Research 03 (11):2610-2614 Authors: Girish Kumar Gupta Sri Sai Groups of Institutes Jagbir Chahal Manisha Bhatia. Butterfly pea or telang flower (Clitoria ternatea L.) has the potential as antioxidant (Widowati et al., 2022a), anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic because it contains flavonoid compounds such as delphinidin, rutin, kaempferol, malvidin, and quercetin (Verma et al., 2013).
Clitoria ternatea L. is an edible flowering plant which belongs to the Fabaceae family. It is an important plant that is widely grown in tropical and temperate regions worldwide. The blue color of C. ternatea flowers, contain anthocyanins that is widely used as a natural source of food coloring. It is a slender climbing legume with short, soft hairs on the stem. It has deep roots and ornamental flowers. Its stalked, alternately-arranged leaves are pinnate with 5-7 elliptic or ovate leaflets, 2.5-5 cm long. Each leaflet is thinly papery or membranous, and measuring 2.5-5 cm long and 1.5-3.5 cm wide. Its solitary flowers bloom in colors.
West African Plants A Photo Guide Clitoria ternatea L.
The butterfly pea flower (Clitoria ternatea L.) (BPF) has a high anthocyanin content, which can be incorporated into polymer-based films to produce intelligent packaging for real-time food freshness indicators. The objective of this work was to systematically review the polymer characteristics used as BPF extract carriers and their application on various food products as intelligent packaging. Clitoria ternatea L. (Fabaceae/Leguminosae) ( Syns.: C. albiflora Mattei; C. bracteata Poir.; C. parviflora Raf.; C. philippensis Perr.) Shahid Akbar Chapter First Online: 22 April 2020 88 Accesses Abstract A vine native to India, Sri Lanka, and introduced to Africa, Australia and North America.
