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Taxon:  Clitoria ternatea L.



Summary
Genus:
Clitoria
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Clitoriinae
Nomen number:
10942
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:753. 1753
Verified:
10/08/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
115 (115  active, 70  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Clitoria albiflora Mattei
Clitoria bracteata Poir.
Clitoria mearnsii De Wild.
Clitoria tanganicensis Micheli
Clitoria zanzibarensis Vatke
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
bluebellvine –
blue-pea –
butterfly-pea –
cordofan-pea –
Darwin-pea –
French
honte –
German
blaue Klitorie –
Portuguese
clitória-azul –
Portuguese (Brazil)
clitória –
Spanish
azulejo –
conchitas –
papito –
zapatico de la reina –
zapotillo –
Swedish
himmelsärt –
Transcribed Chinese
die dou –
Distribution
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Iraq
  • CHINA: China [Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan
  • PAPUASIA: Indonesia [Papua Barat], Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Christmas Island, Indonesia [Jawa, Sumatera], Malaysia [Sabah], Philippines, Singapore
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Missouri]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Georgia, Kentucky]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Sinaloa]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Colima, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Palau, United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia [Society Islands]
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British)
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Galápagos], Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay, Uruguay
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses


ILRI Germplasm Policy (excerpts)

The International Livestock research Institute (ILRI) maintains a collection of forage germplasm as a global public good. The material was acquired prior to the entry into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity; or if it was acquired after the entering into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity, it was obtained with the understanding that it was held in trust and could be made available for any agricultural research, breeding and training purposes under the terms and conditions set out in the agreement between the ILRI and FAO dated 26 October 1994. On 16 October 2006, ILRI signed an agreement with the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty) placing these in trust collections of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) within the purview of the Treaty.

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