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Clitoria ternatea

Scientific Name
Clitoria ternatea
Family Name
Fabaceae
Common Names
Butterfly pea
Local Names
Aparajita nila. (Bangladesh), Aparajita (India), Katarolu (Sri Lanka)
Description
A climber with imparipinnate leaves having 5-7 leaflets; leaflets elliptic-oblong,opposite, obtuse, sub-sessile. Flowers bright blue or sometimes white with an orangecentre, usually solitary. Stamens diadelphous. Fruit a pod, up to 10cm long, nearlystraight but sharply beaked. (India)
Uses
Aperient, diuretic, cathartic, ascites, abdominal ailments, viscra, sight, sore throat,tumours (Bangladesh)
Refrigerant, laxative, alexeteric, anthelmintic, depurative, aphrodisiac, hepatopathy,cathartic, constipation, ascites, abdominal ailments, analgesic, otalgia (India)
Biliousness, bladder ailments, hemicrania, purgative, swollen joints, ascites,anthelmintic, cholagogue laxatives, anasarca, aperlenta, diuretic, liver congestion,urethra irritation (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Sri Lanka - Bibila, Kanneliya, Ritigala, Meegahak, Pinna, Haldummu
Remarks
Clitoria ternatea (GRIN)

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