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Explain Clitoria ternatea in botanical terms. Draw floral diagram.

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1. Habit: Twining climber 

2. Root: Branched tap root system having nodules. 

3. Stem: Aerial, weak stem and a twiner. 

4. Leaf: Imparipinnately compound, alternate, stipulate showing reticulate venation. Leaflets are stipellate. Petiolate and stipels are pulvinated. 

5. Inflorescence: Solitary and axillary 

6. Flower: Bracteate, bracteolate, bracteoles usually large, pedicellate, heterochlamydeous, complete, bisexual, pentamerous, zygomorphic and hypogynous.

7. Calyx: Sepals 5, synsepalous, green showing valvate aestivation. Odd repel is anterior in position. 

8. Corolla: Petals 5, white or blue apopetalous, irregular papilionaceous corolla showing, descendingly imbricate aestivation. 

9. Androecium: Stamens 10, diadelphous (9) + 1 nine stamens fused to form a bundle and the tenth stamen is free. Anthers are dithecous, basifixed, introse and dechising by longitudinal slits. 

10. Gynoecium: Monocarpellary, uni – locular, with many ovules on marginal placentation, ovary superior, style simple and incurved with feathery stigma.

11. Fruit: Legume 

12. Seed: Non – endospermous, reniform. 

13. Floral Formula:

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