✈️ Clitoria ternatea

Traditional Herbs from Clitoria ternatea

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• Prepare 10 g of fresh telang leaves, wash them then mash them until smooth, add a little brown sugar.
• Put them on the sore, swollen or boiled part.

What is Clitoria ternatea Looks like??

Parts of Clitoria ternatea that could be used

• Leaves
• Seeds
• Flowers
• Roots

Clitoria ternatea Distribution

The telang originates from Latin America or Asia but is now naturalized in tropical semi-arid and sub-humid areas, Africa and Australia. In Indonesia, telang flowers have been cultivated because apart from being useful for health, they are also used as ornamental plants, food coloring, tea drinks or cakes. The blue color extracted from the flowers is used in the pharmaceutical industry. Telang flowers contain high levels of antioxidants in the form of flavonoids which are able to capture free radicals in the body and keep skin youthful.
Agroecology of Clitoria ternatea
This plant likes humid environmental conditions, loose soil, sandy soil or clay with a soil pH range of 5.5-8.9. It thrives in full sun, a temperature range of 19-28 °C, rainfall ranging from 500-900 mm/yr, and is tolerant of drought. Usually found in yards, forest edges, edges of rice fields or plantations.
Morphology of Clitoria ternatea

• The stem is round, the surface has small hairs. The direction of growth is twisted, it rises upwards with branching branches.
• The compound leaves are oval, the veins are pinnate, the leaf edges are flat, the surface of the leaves has fine hairs.
• Single flowers, appear from the leaf axil (axillary flos). The petals are funnel-shaped. The crown is purple, the stamens are 10, the flower petals\u00a0are 5.
• The seeds are green when young and turn into brown when old.

Cultivation of Clitoria ternatea
Generative propagation (seeds).

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Chemical Content of Clitoria ternatea
Peptides contain high cysteine, phenol, delphinidin, triglucoside, alkaloids, flavonoids, flavonols, kaempferol 3-rutinoside, quercetin, myricetin 3-neohesperidosides, myricetin 3-glucosides, saponins, taraxerol, anthocyanins.
Benefits of Clitoria ternatea
Facilitates urine, cures bronchitis, blackens and strengthens hair, facilitates menstruation, treats skin diseases, earaches, boils or swelling on the skin, cleanses eyes and cures red eyes, antimicrobial.
Simplisia of Clitoria ternatea

• Fresh butterfly pea flowers that have fully bloomed are picked in the morning.
• Sort them, wash them with running water, drain them.
• Dry them directly in the sun 1 2 days or use an oven at 50 0C.", "Store dried flowers\u00a0in a clean, airtight container.

Another Facts for Clitoria ternatea :

Synonym of Clitoria ternatea
Clitoria albiflora MatteiClitoria bracteata Poir.Clitoria mearnsii De Wild.
Habitus of Clitoria ternatea
Creepers. Annual climbing plant, grows up to 3 m
Habitat of Clitoria ternatea

• Riverside
• Forest
• Bushland
• Grassland