Blue tea seeds

Common name: Blue Tea Scientific name: Clitoria ternatea Among its names: Butterfly Pea - Blue Butterfly Blue tea is a perennial climbing herb that grows quickly, with evergreen compound leaves, and branches that grow up to 3 meters. It has bright blue flowers and belongs to the legume family, not the known tea family. • Blue tea flower: its flowers are blue with a yellow center, appearing from June to September, with a different shape from other flowers. • Blue tea fruit and seeds: its fruits are pod-shaped, up to 7 cm long, containing small black seeds shaped like bullets. • Germination season: it is preferred to plant at the end of summer and before the spring season, but it can be cultivated year-round in agricultural protected areas, enclosed or plastic places where temperature can be controlled, sunlight reaches, or where adequate lighting for the plant is available. • Suitable climate and soil for blue tea: it grows in sunny and semi-shaded places, sensitive to drought and slight frost, requiring well-drained soil with regular watering. • How to cultivate blue tea: it is cultivated by seeds or cuttings, at a depth of 1 to 2 cm. It grows quickly when planted, and does not require fertilization. It can be grown throughout the year in agricultural protected areas, enclosed or plastic places where temperature can be controlled, sunlight reaches, or where adequate lighting for the plant is available. • Its benefits and uses: Blue tea climbing plant is used for decoration, and has medicinal uses as the Chinese used it as medicine for centuries. Blue tea leaves help burn fat, thus reducing weight, lowering cholesterol, cleaning arteries, and improving circulation. Blue tea is known for enhancing memory and being anti-stress. It contains high levels of antioxidants, which protect the body from free radical damage, and help eliminate signs of premature aging. • Native habitat: its native region is East Asia, and it is cultivated in Saudi Arabia, Gulf countries, and many Arab countries.