Plant Details

Accepted name:

Clitoria ternatea L. [Fabaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
a sa khu ra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
a-pa-ra-dzi-ta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
abre-caminho	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
adavichikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ajita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
andrikarni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aparajit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aparajita	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
aparaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aparijita	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
aparjit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aparājitā (leaf)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
aparājitā (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
aprajita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aral	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashphota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashvakshurardikarni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asian pigeonwings	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
asphota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atirikarni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
azulejo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bazrulmazariyune-hindi (seeds)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bazrulmazariyunehindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhadra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhumilagna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blaue klitorie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
blue pea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blue pea vine	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blue vine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blue-pea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bluebellvine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
butter pea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
butterfly pea	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
butterfly-pea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
canku puspam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cankuputpakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cankuputpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caṅku puṣpam	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
clitoria	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
clitória	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
clitória-azul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
conch flower	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
conch-shell flower	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
conchitas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cordofan-pea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
darakhte-bikhehayat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darakhtebikhehayat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darwin-pea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dhintina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
die dou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dintana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dintena	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
gantina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gardabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garnee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gavadini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ge ri ka rni ka dkar po	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gilarnika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
giri karnike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
girikanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
girikanya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
girikarniballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
girikarnika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
girikarnika balli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
girikarnikaballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
girikarnike	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
girikarṇika	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
girikarṇikā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
girishalini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gokaran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gokarana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gokarna	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
gokarna-mul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gokarnahambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gokarnee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gokarni	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
gokarni suphali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gokarnika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gokurna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gokurna-mula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
himmelsärt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
honte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kaakkanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kajili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kajina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kajli	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaka-valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkana ver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkanam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkanam koti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkanamkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkanan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkanan-kodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkanankodi-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkanankovvai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkanatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkarattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkattan-kodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkorattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalizer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannikkodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantisoppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karisanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkakartan vayr	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkakartum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkkurattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkokartun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkurattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkurattaikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karnikay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karttakakkattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karudakkovai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karudattondai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkakkanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkakkattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkakkattankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkanankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkattankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppu-k-kakkanam-koti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karutakanatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karutakanattikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karutakkovai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karutakkovvai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karutattontai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuttakakkanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuttakakkanan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuttappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuttontai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuvilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuvilaikkakkanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuvilam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katarolu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016)
kaurikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kava-thenthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavachhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavathenthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavetanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khagin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khagtu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khurne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kicinikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kinihi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiruttini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiruttinikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodi-kakkanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokarni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kollankovai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kowa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koyal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
koyalri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurokanatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurokanattikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuruvilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kākkaḍḍāṉ	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
kākkaṇa vēr (root)	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
makanatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makanattikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malayamukki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mazariyune-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mazariyunehindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mazeriyunihindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mazriyun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
minni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muntakkini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muntakkinikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mussel-shell climber	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nagaparyayakarni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakanatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakanattikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nall vusiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla dintena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalladintenatige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallaghentana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallavusiniige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallavusinitige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neela-gheriekurnee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelladintena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nil katarodu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016)
nil katarolu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
nilaghiria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilagirikarni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilakirikaranai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilakkakkanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilakkakkattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nullaghentana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papito	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
piriquitiinho	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
piriquitinho	Other	Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
romavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed nili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samkhupuspam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankapushpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhankuppi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhapushpaballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhapushpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhupuspam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanku-pushpamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankupushpam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
satuga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
schanga-cuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shanka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankapuspam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhankuppi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhapushapam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
shankhapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhapushpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhpushpam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
shanku poolu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankupushpamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shlongokuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shobanjan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sholonga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shunkoopushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shveta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shvetavarata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sinhapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sra na ma geri ka rni ka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
supli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
supushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suputri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sve	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sveta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tantiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarukanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
telladintena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thelladintena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhme-bikhehayat (seeds)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhmebikhehayat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uromavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uyavaikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vainakanatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vainakanattikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellai kakkattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellai-k-kakkanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venkakkattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viranu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnu-kranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukantri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnukranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visnukranta	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
viṣṇukrāntā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vullay kakartan vayr	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
winged-leaved clitoria	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
wowatheti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zapatico de la reina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zapotillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
කටරොළු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
නිල් කට‍රොළු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Roots, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016)
Leaves, Roots, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root, leaves, flowers		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
root, seed		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
root	dried root	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Clitoria albiflora Mattei Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 7: 97 (1908).
Clitoria bracteata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 301 (1811).
Clitoria mearnsii De Wild. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 13(Suppl.): 8 (1925).
Clitoria parviflora Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 147 (1832).
Clitoria philippensis Perr. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 110 (1825).
Clitoria spectabilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 336 (1796), nom. superfl.
Clitoria tanganicensis Micheli Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 36: 60 (1897).
Clitoria ternatea var. alba Berhaut Fl. Senegal: 47 (1954).
Clitoria ternatea var. albiflora Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 213 (1845).
Clitoria ternatea f. albiflora (Voigt) Fantz Moscosoa 6: 164 (1990).
Clitoria ternatea f. albiflora (Mattei) Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital.: 65 (1916), nom. illeg.
Clitoria ternatea var. angustifolia Hochst. ex Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa: 428 (1929).
Clitoria ternatea var. bracteata (Poir.) DC. Prodr. 2: 234 (1825).
Clitoria ternatea f. fasciculata Fantz Moscosoa 6: 164 (1990).
Clitoria ternatea f. flaviflora Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital.: 65 (1916).
Clitoria ternatea f. leucopetala Fantz Bull. Bot. Surv. India 37: 18 (1995 publ. 2000).
Clitoria ternatea var. major Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 13: 79 (1847).
Clitoria ternatea var. pleniflora Fantz Moscosoa 6: 164 (1990).
Clitoria ternatea f. subpolyadelpha Fantz Bull. Bot. Surv. India 37: 18 (1995 publ. 2000).
Clitoria ternatensium Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 59 (1766).
Clitoria zanzibarensis Vatke Oesterr. Bot. Z. 28: 261 (1878).
Deguelia javanica (Miq.) Taub. Bot. Centralbl. 47: 386 (1891).
Derris javanica Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 143 (1855).
Lathyrus spectabilis Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 135 (1775).
Nauchea bracteata Dupuis ex Descourt. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 11 (1826).
Nauchea ternatea (L.) Descourt. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 8 (1826).
Phaseolus clitorius Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 22 (1790), nom. nud.
Pterocarpus javanicus (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 203 (1891).
Ternatea indica J.St.-Hil. Expos. Fam. Nat. 2: 226 (1805).
Ternatea ternatea (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 72 (1898), not validly publ.
Ternatea vulgaris Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 415 (1824).
Wisteria dubia Walp. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 324 (1843).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Clitoria ternatea	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Clitoria ternatea L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Clitoria ternatea Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Clitoria ternatea Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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