Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Blue Pea

Clitoria ternatea

Spanish: azulejo

Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as Asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan pea and Darwin pea, is a plant species belonging to the Fabaceae family. The flowers of this vine were imagined to have the shape of human female genitals, hence the Latin name of the genus "Clitoria", from "clitoris". (Synonyms: Clitoris principissae.).

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae

Local records11 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records14,683 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2021 – 2025

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2025-07-24 — observation by ekdelval
2024-11-16 — observation by zihuadean
2023-06-25 — observation by zihuadean
2022-11-11 — observation by dale_denham_logsdon
2022-10-20 — observation by daniel_brito
2022-02-05 — observation by nachotorres

Interactive card with more photos, sounds and similar species Plants guide iNaturalist Wikipedia

Cite as: “Blue Pea (Clitoria ternatea) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/clitoria-ternatea/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.