Clitoria arborea

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 […]

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Clitoria ternatea

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, […]

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Clitoria annua

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 flowerAN-yoo-uh — annual commonly known as: Asian pigeonwings, Bombay bean • Marathi: सुपली supali Endemic to: Western Ghats (India) Images & identification by Dr. Neil Soares & Dinesh Valke  25th August,2009- Sanjay Gandhi […]

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