Saturday, April 6, 2013

Butterfly pea (Sankhu-pushpam.)



 
Butterfly pea


English:

Butterfly pea,

blue- pea vine.



Malayalam:

Sankhu-pushpam.



Bengali:

Aparojita



Botanic name:

Clitoria ternatea



Family:

Fabaceae





Butterfly pea is a climber plant that bears blue conch shaped inner part above blue or white lower petal. Leaves are green pinnately compound.

This plant  has much medicinal values.

Its flowers are rich in blue proanthocyanidin and also a natural antioxidant.
Butterfly pea
 

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