Clitoria ternatea
naturalizedFabaceae

Clitoria ternatea

Blue Pea

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as Asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan pea and Darwin pea, is a plant species belonging to the Fabaceae family. The flowers of this vine were imagined to have the shape of human female genitals, hence the Latin name of the genus "Clitoria", from "clitoris". (Synonyms: Clitoris principissae.).

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Seasonality

Only 6 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

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Where documented · 41 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 102 · GBIF 72 records