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Clitoria ternatea
klih-TOH-ree-uh -- from the Greek
kleitoris; referring to the form of the flower
tern-AH-tee-uh -- referring to the island of Ternate, where a specimen was collected
commonly known as: butterfly pea •
Bengali: অপরাজিত aparajita •
Hindi: अपराजिता aparajita, गोकर्णी gokarni, khagtu •
Kannada: girikarniballi, kantisoppu •
Konkani: गोकर्ण gokarna, शंख पुष्प shankha pushpa •
Malayalam: aral, sangu pushpam, sankhankuppi •
Manipuri: aparajita •
Marathi: गोकर्ण gokarna, shankha pushpa •
Sanskrit: अपराजित aparajita, गिरिकर्णिका girikarnika •
Tamil: காக்கணம் kakkanam, காக்கட்டான் kakkattan, சங்கு கன்னிக்கொடி kannikkodi, karkokartun, கரிசன்னி kricnni, கருவிளை kruvilai, உயவை uyvai •
Telugu: గెంటన gentana, శంఖపుష్పము sankhu-pushpamu
Origin: tropical America
... showy solitary flowers ... corolla is 3.5 to 4 cm long ... standard petal - most often being deep blue, with a white or yellowish center, occasionally pale-blue, or nearly white.
References:
Flowers of India •
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