Butterfly pea

Swain SS, Rout KK, Chand PK Production of triterpenoid anti-cancer compound taraxerol in Agrobacterium-transfOTmed root cultures of butterfly pea (Clitoria ter-natea L.). Appl Biochem Biotecknol 2012 168(3) 487—503. 

Kazuma, K., Kogawa, K., Noda, N. et al. (2004). Identification of delphinidin 3-0-(6"-0-malonyl)-(3-glucoside-3 -0-(3-glucoside, a postulated intermediate in the biosynthesis of tematin C5 in the blue flowers of Clitoria tematea (butterfly pea). Chemistry and Biodiversity, 1,1762-1770. 

The Papilionaceous corolla is so called because of a fancied resemblance to a butterfly. The irregularity in this form is very striking, and the petals bear special names the largest one is the vexillum, or standard the two beneath it the aloe, or wings the two anterior, the Carina or keel. Examples Locust, Pea, and Clover. 

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