Clitoria — 3 species
Botanical species in the genus Clitoria recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Clitoria fairchildiana
Clitoria fairchildiana
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
Grows best in a sunny position. Grows best in a moist, fertile soil. A moderately fast-growing tree, able to reach a height of around 2.5 metres within 2 years from seed.
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Clitoria laurifolia
Clitoria laurifolia
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the humid, lowland tropics. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 21 - 28°c, but can tolerate 17 - 34°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 700 - 1,800mm, but tolerates 530 - 2,800mm.
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Clitoria ternatea
Clitoria ternatea
Family: Fabaceae
Cultivation
Butterfly pea is essentially a plant of the humid and subhumid tropical lowlands at elevations from sea level to around 1,600 metres. It is also grown as an annual in warm temperate areas. It grows best in areas with an annual rainfall in the region of 1,500mm, but it has a reputation for drought tolerance in the seasonally dry tropics (with 500 - 900 mm annual rainfall) and can probably survive with as little as 400mm annual rainfall.
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