Centrosema pubescens | Centro | Butterfly Pea | 20_Seeds Hardiness

Centrosema pubescens | Centro | Butterfly Pea | 20_Seeds HardinessThese seeds were collected from Centrosema pubescens, also known as centro, and butterfly pea. Growing to about a foot and a half high this perennial has beautiful pink and purple flowers that resemble clitoria. The seeds are not edible for humans but they are used in farm fodder fed to the chickens and cattle. The seeds are a good source of calcium, protein, and potassium. USDA Hardiness Zones 10 to 12.

Mercurial Skipper

pomme de prairie

This is Strelitzia reginae miniature

This attractive butterfly plant must be grown in full sun and will bloom from late Summer until early Fall where it will attract several pollinators and countless birds

This is the caterpillar larval host plant of the Long-tailed Skipper and Juvenals Duskywing butterflies

Bengal Kino is the gum that is obtained from this tree

The wood from this tree is high quality and used in carpentry

Thriving in Diverse Climates: Coffea arabica Chandragiri thrives across a range of climates

This plant likes to live in sun or partial shade and blooms from late Spring until early Fall

The other parts of the plant are toxic because of their high selenium content

and Rusty-tipped Page butterflies

This plant attracts a large variety of birds