Botanical Family · Lamiales
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
62 speciesOrder Lamiales8+ well-known plants
A family of trees, shrubs, and herbs widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. Includes teak (Tectona grandis) — the world's premier hardwood — as well as ornamental lantanas and verbenas. Characterised by opposite leaves and 4-lobed corollas.
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How to recognise the Verbenaceae family
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Opposite or whorled leaves
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4–5-lobed tubular flowers in spikes
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Drupe or schizocarp fruit
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Grey MangroveAvicennia marina var. acutissimaGrey Mangrove, Grey AvicenniaAvicennia marina var. marinaIndian MangroveAvicennia officinalisLarge-Leaf Beauty BerryCallicarpa macrophyllaVelvet Beauty Berry, Great Woolly Malayan LilacCallicarpa tomentosaFiddle Wood; Spiny FiddlewoodCitharexylum spinosumChinese GlorybowerClerodendrum chinenseClerodendron, Tree Of Little StarsClerodendrum heterophyllum
All 62 species in VERBENACEAE
- Grey MangroveAvicennia marina var. acutissima
- Grey Mangrove, Grey AvicenniaAvicennia marina var. marina
- Indian MangroveAvicennia officinalis
- Large-Leaf Beauty BerryCallicarpa macrophylla
- Velvet Beauty Berry, Great Woolly Malayan LilacCallicarpa tomentosa
- Fiddle Wood; Spiny FiddlewoodCitharexylum spinosum
- Chinese GlorybowerClerodendrum chinense
- Clerodendron, Tree Of Little StarsClerodendrum heterophyllum
- Common Hedge Bower, Glory Bower, Embrert, Garden Quinine, Sorcerers Bush, Wild JasmineClerodendrum inerme
- Hill GlorybowerClerodendrum infortunatum
- Clerodendron, Orange Tower Flower, Pagoda FlowerClerodendrum paniculatum
- Chinese Glory Bower, Cashmere Bouqet, Galse Pikake, Blory Bush, Scent MalliClerodendrum philippinum
- Sage GlorybowerClerodendrum phlomidis
- Starburst BushClerodendrum quadriloculare
- Bharangi, Blue Flowered Glory Tree, Beetle KillerClerodendrum serratum var. serratum
- Flaming GlorybowerClerodendrum splendens
- Bleeding-Heart, Glory BowerClerodendrum thomsoniae
- Hill Glory BowerClerodendrum viscosum
- Shower OrchidCongea tomentosa
- SkyflowerDuranta erecta
- Golden Dew Drop, Duranta, Honey Drops, Pigeon BerryDuranta repens
- White Teak, Coomb Teak, Candahar Tree, Cashmeri Teak, Gamari, KambariGmelina arborea
- White Teak, Asian BushbeechGmelina asiatica
- Ching-Chai, Hedgehog, Parrot's BeakGmelina philippensis
- Chinese Hat PlantHolmskioldia sanguinea
- Lantana, Shrub Verbena, Wild SageLantana camara
- Indian LantanaLantana indica
- Indian LantanaLantana indica var. albiflora
- Creeping LantanaLantana montevidensis
- Indian White LantanaLantana veronicifolia
- Fever TeaLippia javanica
- Purple Wreath, Queen's Wreath, Sandpaper VinePetrea volubilis
- Turkey Tangle Frogfruit, Capeweed, Carper Weed, Creeping Lip Plant, Creeping Vervain, Purple LippiaPhyla nodiflora
- Leathery PremnaPremna coriacea
- Dusky Fire Brand MarkPremna latifolia
- Indian Headache TreePremna obtusifolia
- Indian Headache TreePremna serratifolia
- Wooly-Leaved Fire Brand TeakPremna tomentosa
- Heart-Leaf Velvet BurPriva cordifolia
- White PorterweedStachytarpheta cayennensis
- RattailStachytarpheta dichotoma
- Indian SnakeweedStachytarpheta indica
- Devil's Coach Whip, Brazilian Tea, Oron's Rod, Jamaican Vervain, Wild VerbenaStachytarpheta jamaicensis
- The Variable Stachytarphyta, Pink SnakeweedStachytarpheta mutabilis
- Nettle-Leaved VervainStachytarpheta urticifolia
- Pinwheel CreeperSymphorema involucratum
- South Indian SymphoremaSymphorema polyandrum
- Teak Wood Tree, Indian OakTectona grandis
- Sandpaper VerbenaVerbena rigida
- Peacock Chaste Tree, Tail Chaste Tree, Peacock's Foot TreeVitex altissima
- White-Wood Chaste TreeVitex leucoxylon
- Common Chaste, Five-Leaved Chaste Tree, Negundo, Negundo ChastetreeVitex negundo
- Malayan TeakVitex pinnata
- Three-Leaved Chaste Tree, Arabian Lilac, Hand Of Mary, Indian Privet, Indian Three-Leaved VitexVitex trifolia
- Scrambling ClerodendrumVolkameria inermis
- Avicennia alba
- Clerodendrum nutans
- Clerodendrum serratum var. dentatum
- Lantana wightiana
- Premna corymbosa
- Svensonia hyderabadensis
- Vitex peduncularis
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