Hi Tanay, Quoting from Isaac Kehimkar's 'Common Indian Wild Flowers' [a B.N.H.S. publication] - "the common name is derived from its being endemic to the erstwhile Bombay Presidency". Regards, Neil.
--- On Mon, 9/6/10, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: From: tanay bose <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:46674] Clitoria biflora [Bombay Bean] flowering To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Monday, September 6, 2010, 8:21 PM Lovely catch of the bombay bean Do you know why it has such a common name Tanay On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Photographed at my farm at Shahapur yesterday - Clitoria biflora [C.annua] the Bombay Bean is an annual erect herb. [The Butterfly Bean, Clitoria ternatea is a climber]. With regards, Neil Soares. -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
