June 19, 2010

Clitor.., vulva and nature

The plant world is truly captivating! Nature is a breathtaking engineer who has created a myriad of life forms. For long, men had noticed and explained the likeness of some of these natural designs with another one.


The flower of one medicinally important climber of the pea family, Clitoria ternatea is a stand-out example.





Flower of C. ternatea



The flower per se is conspicuously similar to vulva, which has inspired it's generic name "Clitoria".

2 comments:

  1. Indeed. I always astonish at this nature's design and engineering wonders. Very informative sir and keep going...

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