| HABIT : A twining herb. |
| LEAVES : Imparipinnate, stipules linear, leaflets 5 - 7, elliptic, oblong, obtuse. |
| INFLORESCENCE : Axillary. |
| FLOWERS : Bracteate, bracteolate, calyx big, tubular, corolla bright or light blue or white, standard large, emarginated, wings oblong, keel incurved. |
| FRUITS : Pods, flattened, sharply beaked, 6 - 10 seeded. |
| FLOWERING AND FRUITING TIME : July - January |
| Butterfly pea, a traditional Ayurvedic medicine, has been used for centuries as a memory enhancer, nootropic, antistress, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, tranquilizing and sedative agent. |
| Clitoria ternatea, a traditional Ayurvedic medicine, has been used for centuries for neurological disorders |
| An imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitter caused seizures. The drugs which increase the GABA level in brain, may possess anticonvulsant activity in experimental model of seizures. |
