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Christia vespertilionis
In Singapore: Red Butterfly Wing, Mariposa (Grown in Singapore)
Christia vespertilionis, the East Indian Island Pea or red butterfly wing, is a tropical perennial or subshrub in the pea family that grows up to 60 to 120 cm tall. It is grown for its trifoliate leaves, which turn burgundy in good light and fade to green in shade.
Christia vespertilionis, the red butterfly wing, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Its native range extends from Southeast China to Tropical Asia. Additionally, it has been introduced into multiple territories, ranging from the Philippines to Myanmar to Pakistan, also reaching countries such as Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Christia vespertilionis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
