suddenly I want to garden...

[quiregrrl]

I'm not a gardener, I tend to kill plants, but if I ever get past that, I want these in my garden.

Ladies, Gentleman & Beings of Self-Determination, I give you the Clitoria Ternatea... more commonly known as the Butterfly Pea.






In Southeast Asia the flowers are used to colour food. In Malay cooking, an aqueous extract is used to colour glutinous rice for kuih tekan (also known as pulut tai tai in Peranakan/Nyonya cooking) and in nonya chang. In Thailand, a syrupy blue drink is made called nam dok anchan. In Burma the flowers are used as food, often they are dipped in batter and fried.

In animal tests the methanolic extract of Clitoria ternatea roots demonstrated nootropic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant and antistress activity. The active constituent(s) include Tannins, resins, Starch, Taraxerol & Taraxerone.

Clitoria ternatea root extracts are capable of curing whooping cough if taken orally. The extract from the white-flowered plant can cure goiter. Its roots are used in ayurveda Indian medicine


So... it's a pretty, colourful, cunt-shaped flower which is edible and grows on a plant with medicinal properties... it's also apparently easy to grow and has already been successfully introduced in Australia.

Perfect!!

Comments

[therasca1queen.livejournal.com]

so.... did you google "cunt shaped flowers" to stumble upon this? :)

[quiregrrl.livejournal.com]

LOL no, but that's not a bad idea... maybe when I'm not at work! best boy emailed me with "Do a GIS for 'butterfly pea', then wiki 'butterfly pea' for the scientific name" ... I didn't ask how he found it...