Scientific name: Clitoria ternatea*
Family name: FABACEAE
English name: Butterfly pea
Local name: Katarolu / Nil katarodu
Description: Vines, stems about 2 m long, Leaves pinnately 5-7(-9)-foliate, the rachis 3-4 cm long; leaflets 2-4.5 x 1.2-2.5 cm. Inflorescences shorter than the leaves; 1-flowered; the flowers inverted, 3.5-6.5 cm long, the pedicels about 5 mm long; petals white to deeper shades of blue and purple, puberulent. Fruit 7-15 cm long, 6 mm wide, about 3 mm wide, 8-12 seeded. Seeds ovoid-oblong, about 6 mm long.
Status: Native
Edible parts: none
Ayurvedic usage:
Treatment for-
Anasarca
Ascites
Hemicrania
Dyspepsia
Liver disorders
Irritation of bladder and urethra
Enlargement of abdominal viscera
Swollen joints
PARTS USED IN TREATMENT:
Leaves
Roots
Seeds
RELATED MEDICINAL PROPERTIES:
Anthelmintic
Aperient
Purgative
Cholagogue purgative (Bile Purgative)
Hydrogogue cathartic
Diuretic