-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies (Order Fabales)

-Legumes (Family Fabaceae)

-Subfamily Faboideae

-Tribe Phaseoleae

-Subtribe Clitoriinae

-Genus Clitoria

-Blue Pea (Clitoria ternatea)

Clitoria ternatea is a deciduous climbing plant that grows to 3 metres (9 feet). The flowers are blue with in an oval shape and can resemble the female reproductive organ in humans. Fruit pods appear six-eight weeks after flowering and are roughly 7 cm long (3 inches) and contain 6-10 seeds each. Seeds are edible when freshly harvested.