Clitoria cajanifolia

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• Taxonomy
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Interesting Facts

Description

Genus Clitoria

Climbing or erect herbs or shrubs , rarely trees . Leaf mostly pinnately 3-9-foliolate; stipels and stipules present. Inflorescence racemose or axillary solitary or paired . Bracts stipule-like; bracteoles large. Calyx 5 toothed , 2 upper teeth subconnate. Corolla white, red or blue. Vexillum without appendages , larger than other petals. Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous , 9+1, vexillary stamen free; anthers uniform or 5 dorsifixed alternating with 5 subbasifixed. Ovary stipitate , 2-many ovuled, style more or less flattened, bearded inside, stigma terminal . Fruit linear-oblong, compressed or turgid .

A genus with about 30 species, distributed in tropics and subtropics.[1]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Clitoria

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. arborea (Burro Yacuana) · C. arborescens (Koeroemoe Enoelae) · C. brachystegia (Flor De La Reina) · C. dendrina (Anima-Flor De Anima) · C. densiflora (Semelos) · C. fairchildiana (Butterfly Pea Tree) · C. falcata (Espelina Falsa) · C. flexuosa (Raca-Sisa) · C. fragrans (Pigeon Wings) · C. froesii (Darume Vine) · C. glaberrima (Anima) · C. guianensis (Catuaba) · C. heterophylla (Kilelo) · C. juninensis (Sapotillo) · C. kaessneri (Muliatchioca) · C. lasciva (Famahyfary) · C. laurifolia (Laurel-Leaf Pigeonwings) · C. macrophylla (Poik Tak Katen) · C. mariana (Atlantic Pigeonwings) · C. mariana var. mariana (Butterfly-Pea) · C. mariana var. orientalis (Butterfly-Pea) · C. mariana var. pubescentia (Butterfly-Pea) · C. mexicana (Frijolillo) · C. nervosa (Chancho) · C. pendens (GatŠ-T‚t‚) · C. polystachya (Bunijn) · C. pozuzoensis (Soga De Machete) · C. stipularis (Feijao Bravo) · C. ternatea (Asian Pigeon Wings) · C. ternatea var. angustifolia (Butterfly-Pea) · C. ternatea var. ternatea (Butterfly Pea) · C. ternatea 'Alba' (White Butterfly Pea Vine) · C. ternatea 'Blue Sails' (Blue Pea Vine)

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Further Reading

• A bibliographic enumeration of Bornean plants, by E. D. Merrill. Singapore, Printed by Fraser & Neave, ltd., 1921 url p. 308, p. 308.
• A contribution to the botany of the Isle of Pines, Cuba, based upon the specimens of plants from that island contained in the herbarium of the Carnegie Museum under date of October, 1916. By O.E. Jennings. n.p., 1917 url p. 140.
• A practical guide to coco-nut planting. By R.W. Monro and L.C. Brown... London: J. Bale, sons & Danielsson, ltd., 1916. url .
• Agricultural news. Bridgetown, Barbados, Bowen & sons;1902-22. url p. 101, p. 155, p. 327, p. 418, p. 420, p. 435.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 140, p. 481.
• Botanical publications of E.D. Merrill. [New York, etc., 1899- url p. 308.
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. 7 1912 [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 258.
• Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1914 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 22, p. 398.
• Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 33 1906 New York: Torrey Botanical Club, 1870-1996 url p. 515, p. 621.
• Cocoa. By Dr. C. J. J. van Hall. London: Macmillan and Co., limited, 1914. url p. 115.
• Contribution [I]-III to the coastal and plain flora of Yucatan, by Charles Frederick Millspaugh. 1 1895 Chicago, 1895-1898. url p. viii.
• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. url p. 153, p. 34.
• Grisebach, A. H. R. Flora of the British West Indian islands /by A.H.R. Grisebach. [1859]-18 London, L. Reeve, 1864. url p. 192.
• Index of plants. 1912. Singapore, Printed at the Methodist Publishing House, 1912. url .
• Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 167.
• Journal of mycology. Manhattan, Kan.: [s.n.], 1885-1908. url p. 126, p. 168.
• Plantae Insulae Ananasensis: a catalogue of plants collected on the Isle of Pines, Cuba, by Don José Blain / by Charles Frederick Millspaugh. 1 1900 Chicago, 1900. url p. 428, p. 437.
• The Journal of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture. San Juan: [Board of Commissioners of Agriculture, 1917]. url p. 178, p. 230.
• The Review of applied entomology. Farnham Royal, Eng., etc.: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, etc. url p. 415, p. 636.
• The flora of Singapore. Singapore, 1900 url p. 30.
• The flora of the Malay Peninsula. By Henry N. Ridley, with illus. by J. Hutchinson. London, L. Reeve & co., ltd., 1922-25. url p. 569.
• The gardens' bulletin, Straits Settlements. Singapore: Straits Times Press, 1913-1941. url p. 172.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2846894
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4043899

Footnotes

1. "Clitoria". in Flora of Pakistan Page 254. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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