🌺Thai Traditional Medicine
Clitoria (Anchan)
Clitoria ternatea
About Clitoria (Anchan)
Clitoria (Anchan) (Clitoria ternatea) is a herb used in the Thai Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Memory, Focus, Anxiety, and Depression. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
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.).
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal