Clitoria ternatea L.
| Synonym : | Clitoria albiflora Mattei Clitoria philippensis Perr. Nauchea ternatea (L.)Descourt. Ternatea te |
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| Bangla Name : | Aporajita, Nila aporajita,Apung fai(Chak),Amio(Marma),Kala ongey phil(Chakma),Ammai-noo-apang(Rakhai |
| English Name : | Butterfly pea |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Disease : | Diabetes, manstrual trouble, menopause, vertigo, dysentery, bronchitis, asthma, consumption, ascites |
| Description : | A woody climber. Leaves 5-9.5 cm long, unipinnate, leaflets usually 5-7, 1.4-6.5 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, oblong, slightly emarginate or obtuse, short stalked, petiolules up to 2 mm long, stipules linear, 4-10 mm long, apex acute. Inflorescence solitary axillary.Bracts 4-5 mm long, bracteoles c. 7 mm long, orbicular.Pedicel 6-9 mm long. Calyx 12-16 mm long, 2 upper teeth joined near the base. Corolla rich blue in colour with greenish veins on the vexillum, vexillum 2.5-5.0 cm long, 3.5 cm broad, Stamens 10, diadelphous, 9+1, dimorphic the vexilIary stamen free, Ovary hairy, style simple, hairy along the inner side. Fruit up to 5-12 cm long, beaked 8-10-seeded, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. |
| Distribution : | This species found throughout Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Taraxerol and taraxerone from roots.Cinnamic acid, flavonol glucosides, hexacosanol, -sitosterol and an anthoxanthin glucoside from seeds. Aparajitin, sitosterol, stearic, palmatic, oleic, linoleic and linolenic acid, and glycosides of kaempferol, stigmas |
| Uses : | The plant is used in Diabetes, manstrual trouble, menopause, vertigo, dysentery, bronchitis, asthma, consumption, ascites, abdominal enlargement, fever, dropsy, sore throat, tumor. |
| Habit : | Climber |