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Clitoria ternatea

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Name

Identification
Clitoria ternatea L. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
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Flora

Entry for CLITORIA ternatea L. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CLITORIA ternatea L. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1753). Fig. 227.
CLITORIA albiflora Mattei [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1908);. type: S3, “Giumbo”, Macaluso 11 (PAL holo.).
CLITORIA ternatea (Mattei) Chiov. forma albiflora [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Result. Sci. Miss. Stefanini-Paoli: 65 (1916);. type: S3, “Giumbo”, Macaluso 11 (PAL holo.).
CLITORIA ternatea Chiov. forma flaviflora [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Result. Sci. Miss. Stefanini-Paoli: 65 (1916);. type: S1, “Baidoa”, Paoli 1103 (FT holo.).
Information
Climbing or trailing perennial herb. Leaflets 5–7, oblong-lanceolate to almost round, 1–6.7 x 0.3–4 cm, glabrescent above, appressed pubescent beneath; petiole 1–3 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or paired; bracteoles ovate. Calyx 15–20 mm long. Standard held lowermost, white or greenish-white, often margined with blue or entirely blue, 2.5–5 cm long. Pod 6–12.5 x 0.7–1.2 cm, 8–10-seeded, glabrous or sparsely pubescent.
Range
N1, 2; S1–3 pantropical.
Altitude range
40–700 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Glover & Gilliland 140; Hemming 2308; Bally 9402.
Notes
Dharqo, fifiole (Som.-S); ria egee, riahele (Som.-N).A white-flowered form, forma albiflora (Mattei) Chiov., is fairly frequent in S2 (e.g. Suckert 108).

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