"Clitoria ternatea", common names including butterfly-pea, blue-pea, and cordofan-pea, is a plant species belonging to the Fabaceae family. The flowers of this vine have the shape of human female genitals, hence the Latin name of the genus ""Clitoria"", from "clitoris".
Similar species: Fabales

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Uploaded Jan 21, 2014. Captured Jan 21, 2014 07:35 in Hospital Street, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.