3857.000 Clitoria L.

Mackinder, B. et al. (2001) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5)

Description of the genus

Trailing, climbing or ± erect herbs. Leaves pinnately (1-)3-9-foliolate. Flowers in few-flowered racemes or solitary or paired and axillary. Bracteoles large. Flowers resupinate. Calyx 5-lobed. Standard much greater than other petals, finely hairy outside. Ovary with 2-many ovules. Pod linear-oblong, flattened or convex. Seeds with a persistent white rim-aril.

Worldwide: 60 species in the tropics and subtropics, mostly in America

Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon.

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Flora of Caprivi: Clitoria
Flora of Malawi: Clitoria
Flora of Mozambique: Clitoria
Flora of Zambia: Clitoria
Flora of Zimbabwe: Clitoria
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Clitoria

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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Clitoria
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Clitoria
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Clitoria
Wikipedia: Clitoria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Clitoria
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Clitoria

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants: genus page: Clitoria.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=758, retrieved 28 March 2023

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