Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical savanna

Range

Southeast Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

This climbing vine thrives in tropical thickets and sprawling forest edges. Its vibrant petals fold shut at sunset and snap open at dawn to track the rising sun.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Clitoria

Species

Clitoria ternatea