Mazhar Botanic Garden

Clitoria macrophylla Wall.

Pigeonwing

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001254
Common name: Pigeonwing
English name: Large leaved butterfly Pea
Arabic name: كليتوريا ماكروفيللا
Native: Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent
Country: India Southeast Asia
(PGR): Rare

Herbaceous, perennial, trailing or climbing vine grow 1 m tall stems sub terete, young parts strigose leaves 3-foliate, sometimes 1-foliate, leaflets oblong, elliptic, lanceolate or ovate 5-18 cm long and 25-85 cm wide flowers lavender or pale color, yellow center, calyx tubular with long acuminate lobes pods linear oblong, flattened, contain several seeds, oblong to rounded

ornamental. Medicinal. Insecticide. Anti-inflammatory. 

Clitoria macrophylla var macrophylla

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Texture: Heavy clay Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Topography: Rainforest
Salinity: None
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds , stem cuttings
Flowering time: Spring to autumn
Zone: 1 : 11
pH range: 6.0-8.0

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