Butterfly pea

Creat

Botanical name: Clitoria ternatea L.

Vernacular name: ಶಂಕಪುಷ್ಪ (Shankhapushpa)

Habit: Climber

Used for: Kashaya

Parts used: Flower

Recipe: Start by thoroughly washing of flower (Blue coloured flower preferred) and boil along with crushed cumin & pepper till its extracts drained and mixes consistently with water. Add milk and little sugar to it and taken as a tea. This tea enhances digestive functioning of a body.

Medicinal properties: Intestinal disorder, Detoxification.