Clitoria ternatea L.
Blue Pea / Bunga biru/Kacang telang (M.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Perennial climber that can reach up to several meters. Leaves are pinnately compound with 5 - 7 pairs of leaflets, adaxially glabrous and abaxially hairy. Leaflet blades are elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, rounded at apex, cuneate at base with entire margin. Stems are slender and spreading. Flowers are blueish-purple with yellowish-white or green tinge. Inflorescence a solitary arising at leaf axils. Fruit a glabrous, oblong pod that contains many seeds. Seeds are pale brown or deep reddish-brown with dark mottling. Rootstocks are
Locally, the fresh leaves are crushed in sufficient amount to squeeze out the sap. The sap is massaged onto the infected skin before and after taking a bath to treat skin infections such as ringworm and eczema. The root parts are boiled and the resultant decoction is taken to treat constipation. The plant exhibits anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidiabetic, weight reduction, anti-infective, analgesic, hepatoprotective, choleretic and
It thrives in teak forests, in grasslands, in open dry waste places and in disturbed areas. It grows well on fertile, moist but well-drained soil.
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Native to tropical equatorial Asia (Indonesia and Malaysia), but has been introduced to Africa, Australia and America.
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