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Genus:
Clitoria Life
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About 70 species, native to the tropics, mainly the neotropics.
Clitoria
ternatea has become naturalised in southern Africa and there are a
further two species that are cultivated in the region.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Clitoria cajanifolia
Native to Central America. |
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Clitoria fairchildiana
Native to Central America. |
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