Clitoria macrophylla
Wall. ex Benth.
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Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. In Vietnam it grows between 200-1,000 m above sea level.
Asia, Cambodia, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Myanmar, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A climbing herb of the Fabaceae family reaching 1.5 m in height with leaflets 8 cm long by 5 cm wide. A tropical plant found in Vietnam between 200-1,000 m above sea level.
Medicinal Uses
Used as a medicinal plant in Thailand.
Notes
It is a medicinal plant in Thailand.
Names & Synonyms
Biec la-to
Clitoria acuminata Wall.Clitoria grahamii Steud.Clitoria macrophylla Wall.
References (1)
- Anderson, E. F., 1993, Plants and people of the Golden Triangle. Dioscorides Press. p 207
