Clerodendrum

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Clerodendrum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/clerodendrum/). Accessed 2024-04-19.

Family

Verbenaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

calyx: (pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
corolla: The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
corymbose: In form of corymb.
reflexed: Folded backwards.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Clerodendrum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/clerodendrum/). Accessed 2024-04-19.

Clerodendrum trichotomum var. fargesii flowering at the entrance to London's Kensal Green Cemetery, 6th August 2019. Image Tom Christian.

A large genus of shrubs and climbers, mostly tropical, only three species of which are hardy. Leaves opposite. Flowers in wide, cymose or corymbose clusters. Corolla slender-tubed, five-parted at the mouth. Calyx at first bell-shaped or inflated, persistent, becoming fleshy, with the sepals reflexed. Stamens four. Fruit fleshy, and highly coloured.

The 'travelling' nature of Clerodendrum bungei is very apparent here, with shoots from suckers appearing at a considerable distance from the parent plant in the background (Newby Hall, North Yorkshire, August 2021). Image John Grimshaw.

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