Chinese Glorybower
Clerodendrum chinense
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala & more
How to identify Chinese Glorybower
Identify Chinese Glorybower by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Double-flowered ornamental form.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem).
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Verbenaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chinese Glorybower.
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.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Chinese Glorybower belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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