Effect of various drying methods on physical characteristics of different Clitoria ternatea accessions

Clitoria ternatea, known as butterfly pea, is a perennial plant which has white and blue flowers with single or double petals.
It is commonly utilized for production of beverages, food coloring, insecticide, or medicinal needs.
Drying is essential for flower processing.
However, the response of its different methods is not fully understood.
This study was designed to investigate the effect of various drying methods of different C. ternatea accessions using randomized block design with 9 treatments and 3 replications.
The results showed that various drying methods of C. ternatea had significant differences on drying yields, weight loss and color.
The treatments of natural, sun, and oven drying with blue single petal resulted in the highest yield.
Oven drying with blue double petal; white single petal and blue double petal with natural drying had the highest weight loss.
All drying methods lead to color degradation (L*, a*, and b*).

II International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Ornamentals

Kusumiyati, A. Karuniawan, Y.E. Maulana

butterfly pea, flowers, dehydration, postharvest processing, color degradation

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2022.1334.41