✿Verbenaceae · Clerodendrum
Chinese Glorybower
Clerodendrum chinense
outdoor
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Clerodendrum chinense
- Genus
- Clerodendrum
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chinese Glorybower itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chinese Glorybower itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- हजारी मोगरा
About Chinese Glorybower
Chinese Glorybower (Clerodendrum chinense) belongs to the Verbenaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and 13 other states.

Botanical family
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Chinese Glorybower belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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