Fabaceae

Sickle pigeonwings

Clitoria falcata Lam.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Clitoria

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 鐮刀莢蝶豆, 镰刀荚蝶豆
English: Sickle pigeonwings

Synonyms

Clitoria rubiginosa var. genuis Stehle & L.Quentin
Crotalaria elliptica Poir.
Galactia tetragona Poir.
Martia physodes Leandro
Neurocarpum falcatum (Lam.) DC.
Ternatea glycinoides (DC.) Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native

Photos

Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Roland Stanislas SOGBEDJI, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Elaine Barcellos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.