Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Papilionaceae | Genus: Clitoria | Species: Clitoria ternatea Linn.( अपराजिता ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
|
|
| Synonym | Clitoria albiflora Mattei; Clitoria bracteata Poir.; Clitoria mearnsii De Wild.; Clitoria tanganicensis Micheli; Clitoria zanzibarensis Vatke | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Aparajita | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Butterfly pea, Blue pea, Asian pigeonwings | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Vishanupriya | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1200 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | . Fruits a pod, flat, linear, sparsely pubescent, pods dehisce violently at maturity. |
| Habitat | Moist and dry deciduous forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native to Latin America to Asia and naturalized in all the semi-arid and sub-humid tropics of Asia, Africa and Australia | Bark Details | Bark is thin and smooth |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | A vigorous, trailing, scrambling climber, up to 8 m tall, with sparsely pubescent stems, woody at the base. Leaves pinnate, bearing 5-7 elliptical, leaflets; stipules small, linear. The flowers solitary or paired, deep blue to white; Calyx membranous, 5-lobed; lobes lanceolate, apex acuminate; Corolla sky blue, pink, or white, broadly obovate, base shortly clawed; wings and keels much shorter than standard, both clawed; wings obovate-ob¬long; keels elliptic. Fruits a pod, flat, linear, sparsely pubescent, pods dehisce violently at maturity. | Leaf Details | Leaves pinnate, bearing 5-7 elliptical, leaflets; stipules small, linear. |
.jpg?lol=lol)
