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    Facts of Coral Pea

    By s mMarch 29, 2018Updated:March 29, 2018No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Coral pea is also known as Climbing Morning Glory, Happy Wanderer, False Sarsaparilla, Native Lilac, Purple Coral Pea, Purple Coral, Native Sarsaparilla, Purple Twining Pea, Native Woodrose, Sarsaparilla, Waraburra, Lilac vine, Vine lilac and Wild sarsaparilla. It is a flowering plant species belonging to the pea family Fabaceae. It is native to Australia from Queensland to Tasmania. The plant is a vigorous evergreen climber growing as subshrub bearing typical pea like flowers usually violet, pink and white. Leaves are hard, dark green and leathery with prominent venation. It is a widespread species which is found in many habitats.

    Coral pea is an evergreen, glabrous, climbing or prostate subshrub with woody and slender stem that grows 2 meters long. Leaves are ovate-narrow-lanceolate, simple measuring 3 to 10 cm by 1 to 5 cm wide, glabrous, dark green above and grey green beneath. It is leathery with entire margin, mucronate tip and base rounded to indented. Petioles are 0.5 to 3 cm long and stipels are 1 to 2 mm long. An axillary inflorescence with 20 to 30 violet or reddish flowers. Calyx is 3 to 4 mm long having two dorsal sepals. Corolla measures 8 mm long. Flowers are followed by flattened and oblong pods which measures 35 to 50 mm long, is glabrous and dark brown to black. Each pod contains 4 to 8 seeds which are reinform, olive green to brown, strophiolate measuring 2.5 to 3 mm.

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    How to Eat         

    • Boil the leaves and use it to prepare sweet and pleasant beverage.
    • Flowers are also consumed.

    Precautions

    • Allergic people should avoid it.
    • Consume it in moderate amounts.

    References:

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=820378#null

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/coral-pea-vine/coral-pea-plant-care.htm

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardenbergia_violacea

    https://www.horticultureunlimited.com/plant-guide/purple-coral-pea/

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    Facts of Coral pea

    Coral Pea Quick Facts
    Name: Coral Pea
    Scientific Name: Hardenbergia violacea
    Origin It is native to Australia, growing in areas from Queensland to Tasmania.
    Colors Dark brown to black (Pod)
    Shapes Flattened oblong, 35 to 50 mm long (Pod)
    Flesh colors Olive green to brown (Seeds)
    Name Coral Pea
    Scientific Name Hardenbergia violacea
    Native It is native to Australia, growing in areas from Queensland to Tasmania.
    Common/English Name Climbing Morning Glory, Happy Wanderer, False Sarsaparilla, Native Lilac, Purple Coral Pea, Purple Coral, Native Sarsaparilla, Purple Twining Pea, Native Woodrose, Sarsaparilla, Waraburra, Lilac vine, Vine lilac, Wild sarsaparilla
    Name in Other Languages Australia: Waraburra (Kattang Aborigines);
    United States: Mexican Lilac Vine, Lilac Vine;
    Danish: Purpur Korlært;
    Finnish: Pikkukorallipapuköynnös;
    Swedish: Violranka
    Plant Growth Habit Vigorous evergreen climber (subshrub)
    Leaves Dark green, leathery
    Flowering Season Late winter-spring
    Flower Violet, white, pink
    Pod shape & size Flattened oblong, 35 to 50 mm long
    Pod color Dark brown to black
    Seed 2.5 to 3 mm, olive green to brown

    Coral Pea Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Hardenbergia violacea

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Viridiplantae
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (Land plants)
    Superdivision Embryophyta
    Division Tracheophyta  (Vascular plants, tracheophytes)
    Class Magnoliopsida
    Order Fabales
    Family Fabaceae  (Peas, legumes)
    Genus Hardenbergia Benth.
    Species Hardenbergia violacea (Schneev.) Stearn (Coral-pea, native-lilac, purple coral-pea, vine-lilac)
    Synonyms
    • Caulinia bimaculata Kuntze
    • Caulinia monophylla (Vent.) F.Muell.
    • Caulinia monophylla var. monophylla (Vent.) F.Muell.
    • Caulinia monophylla var. trifoliolata F.Muell.
    • Glycine bimaculata Curtis
    • Glycine monophylla (Vent.) J.Parm.
    • Glycine violacea Schneev.
    • Hardenbergia alba R.T.Baker
    • Hardenbergia bimaculata Domin
    • Hardenbergia bimaculata var. bimaculata Domin
    • Hardenbergia bimaculata var. longiracemosa (Lodd.) Domin
    • Hardenbergia bimaculata var. trifoliata (F.Muell.) Domin
    • Hardenbergia bimaculata var. typica Domin
    • Hardenbergia monophylla (Vent.) Benth.
    • Hardenbergia monophylla f. longiracemosa Siebert & Voss
    • Hardenbergia monophylla f. rosea Siebert & Voss
    • Hardenbergia monophylla var. alba Guilf.
    • Hardenbergia monophylla var. dennisae Guilf.
    • Hardenbergia monophylla var. fruticosa Guilf.
    • Hardenbergia monophylla var. longiracemosa (Lodd.) F.M.Bailey
    • Hardenbergia monophylla var. monophylla (Vent.) Benth.
    • Hardenbergia monophylla var. ovata F.M.Bailey
    • Hardenbergia monophylla var. rosea Schenk & Rauch
    • Hardenbergia monophylla var. stjohnii Guilf.
    • Kennedia longiracemosa Lodd.
    • Kennedia monophylla var. alba (R.Baker) Maiden & Betche
    • Kennedia monophylla var. bimaculata (Curtis) Heynh.
    • Kennedia monophylla var. longiracemosa Lindl.
    • Kennedia monophylla var. monophylla Vent.
    • Kennedia monophylla Vent.
    • Kennedia monphylla Vent.
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