It was a rainy day and my morning half wasted for vipering water in the veranda. When the rain slowed down, the postman started to ringing his bell loudly. My eyes stopped in front of the letter box to enjoy the color of Butterfly pea flowers.
The plant spread by seeds inside pods. Pods need to be converted to brown, to be eligible for germinating. I picked some pods to get seeds for next round of the plant.
Even though the plant consist of many pods, it is not easy to germinate all seeds. Darwin is correct, It is natural selection. It's the way of controlling over reproduction.
Butterfly pea, has a medicinal value as same as many other flowers. After putting butterfly pea flower into boiling water, it gives a pleasant looking blue color. This drink boosts immune system, and also many more other health benefits like weight loss. Old people recommend this water to clean face, as it is very good for skin.
Butterfly pea flowers can be used as a natural food coloring. Specially when cooking rice, it is used to give a blue color to the white rice. The amount of color can be enhanced by adding more flowers. In other hand, the Butterfly pea water, gives color changes with acid. It primary classes we used it as an indicator to determine acids. In day-to-day life, we use this flower for religious purposes.
Thanks nature! My valuable day time didn't wasted thank to this blue princes.
Your photos were very nice, that flower is beautiful
Thank you.. There is another kind with more petals too. I don't have it here. It is more beautiful than this
I like that butterfly pea flowers has medicinal benefits. So it can be used to colour food. Huh? Blue rice? Never seen that one before, lol! These pictures are lovely. Great work! 👍
The water you see above can use to cook rice. So the color of the rice gets blue.
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