Clitoria ternatea

Blue Clitoria ternatea a.k.a. Blue Ternate flower

White Clitoria ternatea a.k.a. White Ternate flower

The possible origin place of Clitoria ternatea is Ternate island in North Maluku

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Clitoriinae
Genus: Clitoria
Subgenus: C. subg. Clitoria
Species: Clitoria ternatea

Name

Clitoria ternatea L. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Clitoria spectabilis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 336 (1796), nom. illeg.
  • Nauchea ternatea (L.) Descourt., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 8. 1826.
  • Ternatea ternatea (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 72. 1898, nom. inadmiss.
  • Ternatea vulgaris Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (Humboldt & al.) 6: 415 (1824).
  • Ternatea ternatea Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 72 (1898), nom. illeg. non Kunth (1824).

• Heterotypic
  • Clitoria albiflora Mattei, Boll. Soc. Palermo 6: 97 (1908).
  • Clitoria bracteata Poir., Encycl., Suppl. (Lamarck) 2: 301 (1811).
  • Clitoria coelestris Siebert & Voss, Vilmorin's Blumengartneri 1: 208 1894, nom. inval.
  • Clitoria mearnsii De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 13: (Suppl. Bot.) 8 (1925).
  • Clitoria parviflora Raf., Atlantic J. 147 (1832).
  • Clitoria philippensis Perr., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 110 (1825).
  • Clitoria pilosula Wall., Numer. List n (5347) (1831).
  • Clitoria pilosula Wall. ex Benth., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 37 (1857).
  • Clitoria tanganicensis Micheli, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique (T. Durand & De Wildeman) 36: 60 (1897).
  • Clitoria ternatea f. albiflora (Voigt) Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 572 (1977), Moscosoa 6: 164 (1990).
  • Clitoria ternatea f. fasciculata Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 571 (1977), Moscosoa 6: 164 (1990).
  • Clitoria ternatea f. leucopetala Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 600 (1977), Bull. Bot. Surv. India 37(1-4): 18 (1995) publ. 2000
  • Clitoria ternatea f. pauciflora Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 571 (1977), nom. inval.
  • Clitoria ternatea f. subpolyadelpha Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 601 (1977), Bull. Bot. Surv. India 37(1-4): 18 (1995) publ. 2000
  • Clitoria ternatea var. alba Sweet, Hort. Brit. (Sweet), ed. 2. 140 (1830), nom. nud.
  • Clitoria ternatea var. alba Berhaut, Fl. Senegal 47 (1954).
  • Clitoria ternatea var. albiflora Voigt, Hort. Calcuttensis 213 (1845).
  • Clitoria ternatea var. angustifolia Hochst. ex Baker f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 428 (1929).
  • Clitoria ternatea var. bracteata (Poir.) DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 2: 234 (1825).
  • Clitoria ternatea var. major Paxton, Paxton's Magazine of Botany 13 (1847).
  • Clitoria ternatea var. pilosula (Benth.) Baker, Fl. Brit. Ind. (Hooker) 208 (1879).
  • Clitoria ternatea var. pleniflora Fantz, Monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). 591 (1977), Moscosoa 6: 164 (1990).
  • Clitoria ternatensium Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 59 (1766).
  • Clitoria zanzibarensis Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 261 (1878).
  • Lathyrus spectabilis Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 135 (1775).
  • Nauchea bracteata Dupuis. ex Descourt., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 11 (1826).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia template Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia, Yemen Continental: Africa Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Aldabra, Andaman Is., Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cayman Is., Chad, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 753. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fantz, P.R. 1977. A monograph of the genus Clitoria (Leguminosae: Glycineae). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (p. 696-705).

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Clitoria ternatea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Clitoria ternatea. Published online. Accessed: May 13 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Clitoria ternatea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Clitoria ternatea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Clitoria ternatea. Accessed: 13 May 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Clitoria ternatea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

অসমীয়া: অপৰাজিতা
Basa Bali: ᬲᭂᬓᬃᬢᭂᬮᬂ (sekar telang); ᬲᭂᬓᬃᬢᭂᬃᬦᬢᬾ (sekar ternate)
বাংলা: অপরাজিতা
English: Butterfly Pea
suomi: Siniherne
हिन्दी: अपराजिता
Bahasa Indonesia: bunga telang; bunga ternate
Jawa: ꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ​​ꦠꦼꦭꦁ (kembang telang); ꦏꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ​​ꦠꦼꦂꦤꦠꦺ (kembang ternate)
Basa Banyumasan: kembang telang; kembang ternate
मराठी: गोकर्णी
नेपाली: अपराजिता
ଓଡ଼ିଆ: ଅପରାଜିତା
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਅਪਰਾਜਿਤਾ
தமிழ்: சங்கு புட்பம்

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