Clerodendrum

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Clerodendrum
Clerodendrum trichotomum fruit
Clerodendrum trichotomum fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae (or Lamiaceae)
Genus: Clerodendrum
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Species

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Clerodendrum is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants in the family Verbenaceae (or Lamiaceae). The genus is native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world, with most of the species occurring in tropical Africa and southern Asia, but with a few in the tropical Americas and northern Australasia, and a few extending north into the temperate zone in eastern Asia. Common names include glorybower, bagflower and bleeding-heart.

They are shrubs, lianas, and small trees, growing to 1-12 m tall, with opposite or whorled leaves.

Clerodendrum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus and Endoclita sericeus.

Also see: Volkameria.

Selected species

Gallery

C. floribundum fruit and foliage, coastal Central Queensland

C. floribundum tree, coastal Central Queensland

Common Rose Pachliopta aristolochiae on Clerodendrum viscosum at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.

Common Rose Pachliopta aristolochiae on Clerodendrum viscosum at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India.

Clerodendrum inerme in Hyderabad, India.

Clerodendrum inerme in Hyderabad, India.

Clerodendrum inerme in Hyderabad, India.

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