Pea (Clitoria ternatea L. scientific name:) is a vine with hairy stems, soft, originated in South America, grown throughout the tropics.
Botanical characteristics
1. root and stem.
Root, root, root glass system consists of pea branching and root, root is not very deep, capillary. Root branching, often thrust surface is parallel as pea trellis. There is a long stem more than 3-5 meter stem are small branching into many branches, sub branches, light green branches for many branches and twigs cracking Brown end Yot ramble a thousand islands subject.
2. a
Pea leaves, thrust out alternately branched leaf requirements looks relatively slender leaf base rounded Cape khangklom blade length approx. 1.5-5 cm wide, approx. 0.3-3 cm, with leaves of feather-shaped leaves are approximately 1.5-3 cm. petiole leaves one sub has 5-7 leaves out a couple of people above 2-3 pairs of leaflets, the last a single leaf above the maximum.
3.
Pea okboriwen as an end, stabbing at a single flower blossom branches message with 3 types of white blossoms, purple and blue. Currently, there are several color mutations such as yellow, pink and blue flowers are both flowering and the flowering nested twists. The flowers are pea-like flower or scallop. Petals about 4-9 cm long, sepals long, 1.7-2.2 cm, slightly covered with hairs.
4. pods and seeds.
The result looks like a bean pod flat pods, short and long, but baenkwa are approximately 6-12 cm broad, 0.5-1.2 cm soft pods are dark green, yellow, green, Brown, and dark brown to black, depending on the age of the pod.
The seeds have a characteristic oval pods, each pod has a similar kidney beans more than 10 light green seeds for Brown and black, respectively, some seeds may contain patterns. The seeds are approximately 4.5-7 mm wide, approx. 3-4 mm.
3. minerals.
Blue pea contains two types of metal ion is iron and magnesium is a component of the butterfly natho antibodies and flamenco vo Collins.