Flowers are not just beautiful to look at. The butterfly pea, for instance, is useful too. Just dip some in hot water and you'll get natural blue pigment to colour and jazz up your cake, bread or rice. In Malaysia, the flower is called bunga telang. Since the plant is native here and other parts of Asia and has been introduced to Africa, Australia even America, I suppose it has been called bunga telang long before it's called butterfly pea. I wonder too if the flower is used as natural food colouring in its adopted countries.
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