Clitoria ternatea

Summary

Clitoria ternatea is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.23% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,507 views/month, #445 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Clitoria ternatea's image is recorded as Aparajita - Asian pigeonwings in Bhopal, India September 2025.jpg^[3].
• Clitoria ternatea's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Clitoria ternatea's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Clitoria ternatea's parent taxon is recorded as Clitoria^[6].
• Clitoria ternatea's taxon name is recorded as Clitoria ternatea^[7].
• Clitoria ternatea's has use is recorded as medicinal plant^[8].
• Clitoria ternatea's Commons category is recorded as Clitoria ternatea^[9].
• Clitoria ternatea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wcn6g^[10].
• Clitoria ternatea's UNII is recorded as GP4A042ZJ7^[11].
• Clitoria ternatea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43366^[12].
• Clitoria ternatea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 26543^[13].
• Clitoria ternatea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 643360^[14].
• Clitoria ternatea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2946519^[15].
• Clitoria ternatea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Clitoria ternatea^[16].
• Clitoria ternatea's Commons gallery is recorded as Clitoria ternatea^[17].
• Clitoria ternatea's Tropicos ID is recorded as 13028697^[18].
• Clitoria ternatea's IPNI plant ID is recorded as 486606-1^[19].
• Clitoria ternatea's Plant List ID is recorded as ild-2539^[20].
• Clitoria ternatea's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345^[21].
• Clitoria ternatea's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e^[22].
• Clitoria ternatea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 41^[23].
• Clitoria ternatea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=10942^[24].
• Clitoria ternatea's Flora of North America taxon ID is recorded as 200012053^[25].
• Clitoria ternatea's Flora of China ID is recorded as 200012053^[26].
• Clitoria ternatea's USDA PLANTS ID is recorded as CLTE3^[27].

Why It Matters

Clitoria ternatea ranks in the top 0.23% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,507 views/month, #445 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]