Asian pigeonwings
ಶಂಖಪುಷ್ಪअपराजिताகருவிளை
Clitoria ternatea L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 3.0 m
- wide
- 1.4 m
Fabaceae
Also called Butterfly pea, Blue pea, Bluebellvine, Cordofan pea, Darwin pea
Formerly Clitoria albiflora, Clitoria bracteata, Clitoria mearnsii, Clitoria parviflora, and 14 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Climbing perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Cape Verde, Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 3.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, blueRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- zapotillo, azulejo, conchitas
- French
- honte
- Simplified Chinese
- 蓝蝴蝶, 蓝花豆, 蝴蝶花豆
- German
- blaue Klitorie
- Portuguese
- clitória-azul
- Brazilian Portuguese
- clitória
- Swedish
- himmelsärt
- Chinese
- 蝴蝶花豆, 蝶豆
- Hindi
- अपराजिता
- Tamil
- கருவிளை
- Telugu
- గిరికర్ణిక, శంఖపుష్పము, శంఖపుష్పం
- Kannada
- ಶಂಖಪುಷ್ಪ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Clitoria ternatea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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