Clitoria mariana - Butterfly pea

The butterfly pea is a climbing perennial with striking blue flowers. It is used ornamentally and in traditional medicine. The flowers are sometimes used as a natural food coloring.

Functions

• Plant
• Nitrogen fixer¹
• Perennial

Footnotes

1. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-3 ↩