# Clitoria ternatea **URL:** \ **Category:** Science & Nature\ **Tags:** plants\ **Created:** [November 18, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597 "2019-11-18T03:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GooseEgg](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/gooseegg/32/142672_2.png) [@GooseEgg](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/GooseEgg)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/1 "2019-11-18T03:07:46Z")
They are supposed to be pretty easy to grow, but would they grow up here? Popular in Southeast Asia. Does anyone know the Chinese name? ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/8/5/8539ce895db69c92f933026550052692f6b07948.jpeg) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-loxdx7sgA8/maxresdefault.jpg "Butterfly Pea Tea - Miracle Health Drink - Clitoria Ternatea") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-loxdx7sgA8) ---
**Author:** ![Switch](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@Switch](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Switch)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/2 "2019-11-18T03:13:19Z")
They would go well with many Fu Lao Er(s). ---
**Author:** ![hansioux](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hansioux/32/253648_2.png) [@hansioux](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hansioux)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/3 "2019-11-18T04:52:21Z")
> [@GooseEgg](#): > > Does anyone know the Chinese name? 蝶豆花? ---
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/4 "2019-11-18T05:03:31Z")
Indeed. > **[蝶豆](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E8%9D%B6%E8%B1%86)** > > 蝶豆（学名：Clitoria ternatea），又叫做藍豆，是豆科蝶豆属的植物。由於蝶豆的花外觀類似人類女性外生殖器，因此它的拉丁語屬名被命名為「Clitoria」（蝶豆属），詞源為「陰蒂」（Clitoris）。 > 蝶豆原產於亞洲熱帶地區（印度尼西亞和馬來西亞，亦含中國），但已經被引進到非洲、美洲和澳大利亞。俗稱蝶豆花又稱蝶豆、藍蝴蝶、藍花豆、蝴蝶花豆、洋豆、豆碧等多種名稱，是很典型的熱帶植物，在台灣，生長在恆春半島和蘭嶼或者離島上，需要陽光充足的生長環境，於1920年引進台灣作為綠肥植物，草屯亦有種植。 > 這種植物最引人注目的特徵是它的花呈深藍色；長約4公分，寬約3公分。也有白花變種。 > 它的果實長約5到7公分，呈長、扁平的豆莢狀，每個豆莢有六到十顆種子。它們在尚未成熟時可以食用。蝶豆花鮮豔的藍色來自於比其他植物多10倍的花青素。 ---
**Author:** ![urodacus](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/urodacus/32/69843_2.png) [@urodacus](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/urodacus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/5 "2020-12-03T01:29:18Z")
29 posts were split to a new topic: [Where is it, and where can you get it?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/where-is-it-and-where-can-you-get-it/199792) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:42am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/14 "2019-11-18T06:42:32Z")
I had some Clitoria ternatea tea in Thailand, and it dyed my tongue blue. 😮 ---
**Author:** ![volv1992](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/volv1992/32/105503_2.png) [@volv1992](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/volv1992)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:45am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/15 "2019-11-18T06:45:44Z")
Was there any swelling? ---
**Author:** ![finley](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/57b2e6/32.png) [@finley](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/finley)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:22am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/16 "2019-11-18T07:22:13Z")
It grows like a weed. There are a few people selling it (as plants) in the flower market. Once it produces seeds it’s dead easy to grow more. My plants are flowering at the moment, so if you want seeds, I can probably send you some in a month or so. The “tea”, incidentally, is basically tasteless. Personally I use the flowers in salads. They have a mild green-pea flavour. It’s also good for cocktails and fruit-juice drinks because it changes colour with pH. And of course the name is good for lots of schoolboy jokes. ---
**Author:** ![timtowrite](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/timtowrite/32/57516_2.png) [@timtowrite](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/timtowrite)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/19 "2019-11-18T07:47:33Z")
> [@hansioux](#): > > 蝶豆花 My wife just mentioned she had got some and wanted to brew some tea. Is there any benefit to drinking tea from this stuff? Any reason to avoid it? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/20 "2019-11-18T07:49:49Z")
> [@timtowrite](#): > > Is there any benefit to drinking tea from this stuff? Blue tongue. > [@timtowrite](#): > > Any reason to avoid it? Blue tongue. ---
**Author:** ![timtowrite](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/timtowrite/32/57516_2.png) [@timtowrite](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/timtowrite)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/21 "2019-11-18T07:50:37Z")
Thank you. I will not think about maybe not avoiding it. ---
**Author:** ![GooseEgg](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/gooseegg/32/142672_2.png) [@GooseEgg](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/GooseEgg)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 8:54am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/22 "2019-11-18T08:54:59Z")
Wait. There are a LOT of good reasons to drink this stuff. You should google it [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yjD2ymv8Wl0/maxresdefault.jpg "12 Health Benefits of Blue Ternatea or Blue Butterfly Pea in Scientific name "Clitoria ternatea"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjD2ymv8Wl0) ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/23 "2019-11-18T16:00:40Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > I had some Clitoria ternatea tea in Thailand, and it dyed my tongue blue. 😮 How was the taste though ? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/24 "2019-11-18T16:03:12Z")
> [@tommy525](#): > > > [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > > > I had some Clitoria ternatea tea in Thailand, and it dyed my tongue blue. 😮 > > How was the taste though ? Kind of a grassy flavor…like really weak green tea. ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/25 "2019-11-18T16:06:17Z")
I was already good at “turns your tongue blue” ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/26 "2019-11-18T18:29:56Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > > [@tommy525](#): > > > > > [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > > > > > I had some Clitoria ternatea tea in Thailand, and it dyed my tongue blue. 😮 > > > > How was the taste though ? > > Kind of a grassy flavor…like really weak green tea. Hmm seems no point ---
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/27 "2019-11-19T00:18:11Z")
> In traditional [Ayurvedic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurvedic) medicine, it is ascribed various qualities including memory enhancing, [nootropic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nootropic), antistress, [anxiolytic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiolytic), antidepressant, anticonvulsant, tranquilizing, and sedative properties.[[8]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoria_ternatea#cite_note-Mukherjee-8) In [traditional Chinese medicine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine), the plant has been ascribed properties affecting female libido due to its similar appearance to the female reproductive organ.[[9]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoria_ternatea#cite_note-9) The Chinese version says it’s not widely known among TCM doctors. ---
**Author:** ![Belgian\_Pie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@Belgian\_Pie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Belgian_Pie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/45 "2020-12-02T11:01:26Z")
How about the humble pea? ![IMG_20140118_094556_HDR](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/f/f/ff8f38dc9f30035e9711685d4e312be90d65b353.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Explant](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/explant/32/130551_2.png) [@Explant](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Explant)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/47 "2020-12-02T11:33:23Z")
Just noticed this thread, what a shame. Human sexual connections aside, one cannot deny the genus’ latin name and a resemblnce to the female body part. There are actually numerous species in taiwan that have flowers kind of similar in appearance to human vaginal parts. Temping this thread based on that would be pretty sad, as this biology…just dont be immature about it. Penis. Vagina. Cover the childrens ears! On butterfly pea, fantastic plant. We have been exporting it from taiwan for over a decade. It grows fantastically well here, everywhere below the frost lines. So basically island wide under 1000m without issue and higher elevations deepends on their micro climate. Basically above freezing it will live here. There are numerous varieties, namely white, lavender and blue. Single and double flowers of each. A note for taiwan as per FDA regulation. They can no longer be sold as a food item under the terms of actual ingestion. They were going to outright ban it but thankfully some people arent too lazy to fight for basic rights. As the law seems to stand now, if it is whole flower fresh or dried, can be sold as a dye. We stopped manufacturing powder for the taiwan market because powder is obviously going to be swallowed. And as such i will leave this thread with one last point: Government regulations requires one to spit, not swallow. In all seriousness. This logic brought to you by the pig gut throwing think tanks that be. Thank you FDA and Clitoria 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![finley](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/57b2e6/32.png) [@finley](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/finley)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597/48 "2020-12-02T13:17:49Z")
> [@Explant](#): > > They can no longer be sold as a food item under the terms of actual ingestion. They were going to outright ban it but thankfully some people arent too lazy to fight for basic rights. That’s completely insane, but hardly unsurprising. It’s OK to ingest Cheez Whiz and Pop Tarts, but a non-toxic vegetable is illegal. Just to be clear, you’re talking about the US FDA here? Or Taiwan? Or both? [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/clitoria-ternatea/185597.md?page=2)