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Asian pigeon wings (Clitoria ternatea), commonly known by many other names like, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, and Darwin pea, is another climber plant belonging to the family Fabaceae. 🌿It is a perennial herbaceous plant, with compound leaves having elliptic leaflets.  🌿It grows as a vine or creeper, doing well in moist, neutral soil. 🫐 The most striking feature about this plant is the color of its flowers, a vivid deep blue, with light yellow markings. Some varieties yield pale blue or white flowers. 🌿The fruits are 5–7 cm long, flat pods with six to ten seeds in each pod. They are edible when tender. 🫛🌿It is grown as an ornamental plant requiring little care when cultivated. Being a legume, its roots form a symbiotic association with soil bacteria known as rhizobia, which transform atmospheric N2 into a plant-usable form (a process called nitrogen fixing), therefore, this plant is also used to...