Biology:Clerodendrum glabrum

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Short description: Species of tree

Clerodendrum glabrum
Clerodendrum glabrum00.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Clerodendrum
Species:
C. glabrum
Binomial name
Clerodendrum glabrum
E.Mey.

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. The fragrant flowers are usually mauve with strongly exserted stamens and style, a common characteristic of the genus, and are borne in dense, terminal clusters. Closely related are Clerodendrum thomsoniae (Bleeding Heart) and Clerodendrum ugandense, known as Oxford and Cambridge bush because of its two tones of blue.

See also

  • List of Southern African indigenous trees

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3643966 entry