Clitoria

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Clitoria

  • Description

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    Genus Description - Herbaceous to woody, twining vines or trees. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 3-9, opposite; stipules minute, persistent. Flowers large, solitary or a few in axillary racemes, bracteoles large, persistent, appressed to the base of the calyx; calyx nearly bell-shaped, fluted, with 5 unequal or nearly equal sepals; corolla blue-violet, white, or red, the standard rounded, wrinkled, longer than the other petals, the wings longer than the keel; stamens 10, diadelphous or monadelphous; ovary stipitate, the style curved, pubescent inside, the stigma truncate. Legume linear to oblong, flattened, dehiscent; seeds few, rounded to oblong.

  • Distribution

    A genus of about 30 species, most of which are from the New World.

    Saint John Virgin Islands of the United States South America|