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These plants are native to tropical, subtropical and temperate areas of the world, ranging through the temperate and tropical
Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, and Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
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Rai KS, Murthy KD, Karanth KS, Rao MS (July 2001). "Clitoria ternatea (Linn) root extract treatment during growth spurt period enhances learning and memory in rats".
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flower of the clitoris'. Many vernacular names of these flowers in different languages are similarly based on references to female external genitalia.
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Mukherjee PK, Kumar V, Kumar NS, Heinrich M (2008). "The
Ayurvedic medicine Clitoria ternatea-From traditional use to scientific assessment".
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Fantz, Paul R. (2000). "Nomenclatural Notes on the Genus
Clitoria for the Flora North American Project".
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380:. The first reference to the genus, which includes an illustration of the plant, was made in 1678 by
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1379:] (in Latin). Biblioteca Digital del Real Jardin Botanico de Madrid: David-Fridericus Rhetius.
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of the naming of the genus. The analogy drew sharp criticism from botanists such as
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Controversies existed in the past among botanists regarding the
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Exoticarum aliarumque minus cognitarum plantarum centuria prima
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The
Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India (Part I Volume II)
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Exotic and other less-known plants of the first century
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1531:"Flora and Fauna Web: Clitoria ternatea L."
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1483:Fantz, Paul R. (1991). "Ethnobotany of
1401:Fantz, Paul R. (1991). "Ethnobotany of
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1262:List of taxa named after human genitals
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368:List of taxa named after human genitals
1586:Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
372:This genus was named after the human
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7:
1880:71e27bc8-8072-49ca-b5e9-15da396cd2f5
1543:Pantazi, Chloe (February 26, 2016).
345:of mainly tropical and subtropical,
1919:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30007650-2
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388:naturalist, who described it as
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257:(1819 publ. 1821), nom. illeg.
1:
390:Flos clitoridis ternatensibus
1549:Business Insider Deutchsland
1450:Journal of Ethnopharmacology
1298:. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
443:Blue and white varieties of
316:, (1825), not validly publ.
210:
1978:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
1994:
1296:Plants of the World Online
454:Plants of the World Online
431:has survived to this day.
413:Michel Étienne Descourtilz
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235:(1748), not validly publ.
1462:10.1016/j.jep.2008.09.009
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50:Scientific classification
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1229:sweet colored blue with
415:in 1826, and Eaton and
1369:Breyne, Jakób (1678).
1033:Clitoria simplicifolia
913:Clitoria moyobambensis
813:Clitoria kaieteurensis
643:Clitoria fairchildiana
452:As of June 2021,
449:
349:-pollinated flowering
327:(1817), nom. superfl.
1643:at Wikimedia Commons
1555:on September 30, 2018
1063:Clitoria steyermarkii
843:Clitoria leptostachya
743:Clitoria heterophylla
533:Clitoria brachystegia
442:
1113:Clitoria woytkowskii
1103:Clitoria tunuhiensis
1043:Clitoria snethlageae
1003:Clitoria pozuzoensis
993:Clitoria polystachya
923:Clitoria mucronulata
863:Clitoria macrophylla
663:Clitoria flagellaris
593:Clitoria cordobensis
583:Clitoria cordiformis
553:Clitoria cavalcantei
523:Clitoria brachycalyx
503:Clitoria arborescens
1073:Clitoria stipularis
833:Clitoria laurifolia
793:Clitoria juninensis
783:Clitoria javitensis
713:Clitoria guianensis
703:Clitoria glaberrima
633:Clitoria epetiolata
623:Clitoria densiflora
362:Naming of the genus
1575:"APARËJITË (Root)"
1501:10.1007/BF02930715
1419:10.1007/BF02930715
953:Clitoria obidensis
903:Clitoria monticola
803:Clitoria kaessneri
733:Clitoria hermannii
573:Clitoria chanondii
563:Clitoria cearensis
543:Clitoria canescens
513:Clitoria australis
450:
405:James Edward Smith
246:(1849), nom. nud.
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1954:
1888:Open Tree of Life
1652:Taxon identifiers
1639:Media related to
1588:. pp. 10–11.
1390:Clitoria ternatea
1321:Catalogue of Life
1231:Clitoria ternatea
1199:Clitoria ternatea
1164:The shape of the
1140:Clitoria ternatea
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1108:
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1093:Clitoria triflora
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1083:Clitoria ternatea
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1068:
1058:
1053:Clitoria speciosa
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973:Clitoria pilosula
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893:Clitoria mexicana
888:
878:
873:Clitoria magentea
868:
858:
853:Clitoria linearis
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838:
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773:Clitoria javanica
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723:Clitoria hanceana
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683:Clitoria fragrans
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673:Clitoria flexuosa
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613:Clitoria dendrina
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1551:. Archived from
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1487:(Leguminosae)".
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1405:(Leguminosae)".
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1597:Further reading
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1023:Clitoria selloi
977:Wall. ex Benth.
867:Wall. ex Benth.
827:Bojer ex Benth.
667:(Benth.) Benth.
627:(Benth.) Benth.
473:Clitoria andrei
467:Mart. ex Benth.
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1962:Categories
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1302:2021-06-24
1268:References
1257:Centrosema
1208:Bangladesh
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172:Phaseoleae
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374:clitoris
357:Taxonomy
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347:insect
251:Martia
233:Heist.
119:Rosids
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