Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea

10 seeds per pack. A fairly common legume in tropical Asia, it is best known for its beautiful blue (occasionally white) flowers and the blue dye obtained from the flowers that is used in the preparation of various foods and to brew tea. An herbaceous perennial, growing as a vine or creeping plant to a few feet long. The young pods are said to be edible. The scientific name of the plant refers to the resemblance of the flowers to parts of the human female anatomy. #3350