Category: Clitoria

Clitoria arborea Benth. (Syn: Clitoria hoffmanseggii Benth.; Ternatea arborea (Benth.) Kuntze; Vexillaria arborea Benth.); images & identification by Ranjini Kamath    Shankha Pushpa Tree: I found this very interesting since i have not come across a Shankha Pushpa tree before! The tree had long since finished blooming & i was lucky to catch just the […]

Clitoria ternatea L. (Syn: Clitoria albiflora Mattei; Clitoria bracteata Poir.; Clitoria coelestris Siebert & Voss; Clitoria parviflora Raf.; Clitoria philippensis Perr.; Clitoria pilosula Benth.; Clitoria ternatea var. pilosula (Benth.) Baker; Clitoria ternatensium Crantz; Lathyrus spectabilis Forssk.; Nauchea ternatea (L.) Descourt.; Ternatea ternatea (L.) Kuntze; Ternatea vulgaris Kunth; Ternatea vulgaris Kuntze); . Images by J.M.Garg, Balkar Arya, […]

Clitoria annua J.Graham (syn. Clitoria biflora Dalzell; Ternatea biflora (Dalzell) Kuntze); . klih-TOH-ree-uh — from the Greek kleitoris, referring to the form of the flower AN-yoo-uh — annual . commonly known as: Asian pigeonwings, Bombay bean • Marathi: सुपली supali . Endemic to: Western Ghats (India) . Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Clitoria annua at Sanjay Gandhi […]