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Clitoria laurifolia Poir.

Family Name:	Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Common Name:	Laurel-leaf, Pigeonwings, 棱荚蝶豆

Full Sun

Moderate Water

Ornamental Flowers

Shrub

Plant Division	Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants)
Plant Growth Form	Shrub
Lifespan (in Singapore)	Perennial

Mode of Nutrition

Autotrophic

Native Habitat	Terrestrial
Local Conservation Status	Non-native (Spontaneous (Naturalised))

Growth Form	A woody shrub, it can grow up to 0.8 to 1.0m in height. It has a erect to sub-erect growth habit.
Foliage	The leaves are pinnately trifoliate. The leaflets are ovate to ovate-oblong in shape and have a pubescent underside. The leaflets have 5 to 7 pairs of lateral veins. The leaf tip is rounded with a cuneate leaf base.
Flowers	The flowers are borne on villous racemes which originate from the leaf nodes. The flowers are light purple.

Fruit

The fruit is in the form of a legume with a short beak with a longitudinal rib on each side. It turns brown when mature.

Desirable Plant Features	Ornamental Flowers
Landscape Uses	Parks & Gardens, Hedge / Screening

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Master ID	31806
Species ID	6206
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Species record last updated on: 22 February 2022.

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