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In cultivation, it is frequently known by one of its synonyms, such as Clerodendrum myricoides. [3] The cultivar 'Ugandense' is an untidy evergreen shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall and 2.5 m (8.2 ft) broad, with oval leaves and masses of pale-violet blue butterfly-like flowers in summer and autumn. Each flower has a darker blue lower petal.
Clerodendrum is a genus of flowering plants formerly placed in the family Verbenaceae, but now considered to belong to the Lamiaceae (mint) family. Its common names include glorybower , bagflower , pagoda flower and bleeding-heart .
Rotheca was named by Rafinesque in 1838. [5] The name is a Latinization of a Malayalam name meaning "small teak". [3] The Indian (Malayalam) name has had widely variant spellings.. In 1895, John Isaac Briquet included Rotheca in his rather broad circumscription of Clerodendrum. [6]
Clerodendrum umbellatum is a scandent African shrub of the family Lamiaceae, but previously placed in Verbenaceae. It is found in Tropical Africa , Central America and Tropical Asia , its distribution being to some extent anthropogenic , and is often planted for its showy flowers.
Clerodendrum infortunatum Inflorescence with blooming flowers Inflorescence of Clerodendrum infortunatum. Clerodendrum infortunatum is a flowering shrub or small tree, and is so named because of its rather ugly leaf [citation needed]. The stem is erect, 0.5–4 m (1.6–13.1 ft) high, with no branches and produce circular leaves with 15 cm (5.9 ...
Clerodendrum glabrum is a small to medium deciduous tree, widespread from Tropical to Southern Africa. In common with others of this family, its bark is covered in prominent white lenticels . Leaves are usually in whorls of 3 and produce a fetid smell when crushed.
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Clerodendrum quadriloculare (known as the bronze-leaved clerodendrum, fireworks plant, [3] [4] Philippine glorybower, shooting star or starburst bush [4] in English, and bagawak or bagawak morado [3] [4] in Filipino) is a species of flowering plant native to New Guinea and the Philippines.