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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 serrata, commonly known as the blue fountain bush, the blue-flowered glory tree or the beetle killer, is a species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to India , Sri Lanka and Malaysia .
In cultivation, it is frequently known by one of its synonyms, such as Clerodendrum myricoides. [5] 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.
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 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.
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 floribundum, known as the lolly bush or smooth clerodendrum, is a shrub or tree found in Australia and New Guinea. Its habitat is in or at the margins of coastal rainforests, up to 300 metres above sea level. In Western Australia it grows in drier areas, such as rocky sites, gorges, cliffs, floodplains and creek beds. [4]