Clitoria mariana L.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Clitoria L.
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [1268][1470][1850]

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Other names:

• Clitoria marina L. [Orthographic] 
  
• Ternatea mariana (L.)Kuntze [Synonym] [2922]
  
• Vexillaria mariana (L.)Raf. [Synonym] [2922]
  

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Common Names:

• Butterfly Pea [1850] [2923]
  
• Pigeon Wing [2922]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1993 Adams BR
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1999 Fantz PR
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Environmental [2923] [2924]
  
• Medicine [2924]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Asia [1179] [1914] [2926] [2930]
  • Burma [1914] [2930]
  • China [1179] [2926] [2930]
    • Yunnan [2930]
  • India [1914] [2930]
    • Manipur [2930]
    • Meghalaya [2930]
    • Nagaland [2930]
  • Myanmar [1914]
  • Thailand [2930]

• Central America [1470] [2922]
  • Mexico(North & Central) [1470] [2922]
    • Nuevo Leon [2922]

• North America [1268] [2922] [2923]
  • United States [1268] [1431] [1470] [1680] [2922] [2923]
    • Alabama [2922]
    • Arizona [2922]
    • Arkansas [2922]
    • Delaware [2922]
    • District Of Columbia [2922]
    • Florida [2922]
    • Georgia [2922]
    • Illinois [2922]
    • Indiana [2922]
    • Kentucky [2922]
    • Louisiana [2922]
    • Maryland [2922]
    • Mississippi [2922]
    • Missouri [2922]
    • New Jersey [2922]
    • New York [2922]
    • North Carolina [2922]
    • Ohio [2922]
    • Oklahoma [2922]
    • Pennsylvania [2922]
    • South Carolina [2922]
    • Tennessee [2922]
    • Texas [2922]
    • Virginia [2922]
    • West Virginia [2922]

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Notes:

• Three botanical varieties: see var.mariana, var.orientalis & var.pubescentia.
  
• Suffrutescent herb or subshrub. [2922]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:36:34