Centrosema pubescens Benth.
Common Name : Butterfly pea.
Family : Fabaceae

HABIT |
VIGOROUS, TRAILING, TWINING AND CLIMBING PERENNIAL HERB. |
STEMS |
VERY LEAFY AND SLIGHTLY HAIRY |
LEAVES |
TRIFOLIATE; LEAFLETS DARK GREEN ELLIPTIC OR OVATE ELLIPTIC, OBTUSE OR SHORTLY OBTUSELY ACUMINATE, ABOUT 4 X 3.5 CM, SLIGHTLY HAIRY, ESPECIALLY ON THE LOWER SURFACE. STIPULES LONG, PERSISTENT. |
FLOWERS |
LARGE AND SHOWY, BORNE IN
AXILLARY RACEMES. EACH FLOWER HAS TWO STRIATE BRACTEOLES. FLOWERS |
FRUITS |
POD LINEAR WITH PROMINENT MARGINS, 7.5 TO 15 CM LONG, FLAT, THICK, STRAIGHT OR SLIGHTLY TWISTED, ACUMINATE, DARK BROWN WHEN RIPE, CONTAINING UP TO 20 SEEDS. |
SEEDS |
SHORTLY OBLONG TO SQUARISH WITH ROUNDED CORNERS, 4-5 X 3-4 MM, BROWNISH-BLACK, MOTTLED DARKER BLOTCHES. |