![]() ![]() They are about 4 cm ( 1 + 1⁄ 2 in) long by 3 cm ( 1 + 1⁄ 4 in) wide. Its most striking feature is the color of its flowers, a vivid deep blue solitary, with light yellow markings. It grows as a vine or creeper, doing well in moist, neutral soil. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, with elliptic, obtuse leaves. This plant is native to equatorial Asia, including locations in South Asia and Southeast Asia but has also been introduced to Africa, Australia and the Americas. ![]() Meanwhile on the other hand, the species name is derived from the name of the island where these Linnaeus's specimens originated which is the Ternate Island located in northern part of the Maluku Islands. The first reference to the genus, which includes an illustration of the plant, was made in 1678 by Jakób Breyne, a Polish naturalist, who described it as Flos clitoridis ternatensibus, meaning ' Ternatean flower of the clitoris'. The genus name of Clitoria is a direct translation from the local name of these plant in the Ternate language which called as Telang, literally means " clitoris" due to its shape that resembles the shape of human female genitals. In India, it is revered as a holy flower, used in daily puja rituals. Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as Asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan pea or Darwin pea is a plant species belonging to the family Fabaceae, endemic and native to the Indonesian island of Ternate.
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