Clitoria laurifoliaPoir.

laurel-leaf pigeonwings

WFO wfo-0000179201 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Clitoria laurifolia, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. a Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2020-05-20 / obs. 73872876
Clitoria laurifolia, photographed by Pedo Reis
fig. b Pedo Reis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 35955402
Clitoria laurifolia, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. c Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 73872883
Clitoria laurifolia, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. d Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 73872887
Clitoria laurifolia, photographed by Tim Hirsch
fig. e Tim Hirsch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179979119
Clitoria laurifolia, photographed by Tim Hirsch
fig. f Tim Hirsch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114961860
Clitoria laurifolia, photographed by Tim Hirsch
fig. g Tim Hirsch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179978880
Clitoria laurifolia, photographed by Tim Hirsch
fig. h Tim Hirsch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114962194

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Clitoria laurifolia is native: Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Brazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastColombiaFrench GuianaGuyanaParaguaySurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Clitoria laurifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Brazil North BZN SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Colombia CLM
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Paraguay PAR
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Clitoria cajanifolia (C.Presl) Benth.
  • Clitoria cajanifolia f. glabrior Benth.
  • Clitoria cajanifolia var. latifolia Chodat & Hassl.
  • Clitoria erecta Roxb.
  • Clitoria laurifolia f. glabrior (Benth.) Fantz
  • Clitoria laurifolia f. laurifolia
  • Clitoria parvifolia Pittier
  • Clitoria vaupellii J.Graham
  • Lotus fluminensis Vell.
  • Martiusia laurifolia (Poir.) Britton
  • Neurocarpum blanchetianum DC.
  • Neurocarpum blanchetianum Moric.
  • Neurocarpum cajanifolium C.Presl
  • Neurocarpum emarginatum Moric.
  • Neurocarpum erectum Voigt
  • Neurocarpum janense Desv.
  • Neurocarpum janensis Desv.
  • Neurocarpum laurifolium (Poir.) Desv.
  • Neurocarpum retusum Hassk.
  • Ternatea laurifolia (Poir.) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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