Common Hedge Bower
Clerodendrum inerme
Also known as Glory Bower, Embrert, Garden Quinine, Sorcerers Bush, Wild Jasmine
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat, West Bengal
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Common Hedge Bower
Identify Common Hedge Bower by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, West Bengal.
- Confirm it sits within the Verbenaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Common Hedge Bower.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Clerodendrum inerme
- Genus
- Clerodendrum
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Plains, scrub jungles and wastelands, often by fencing
- Native to
- Tropical Asia
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, Australia, Myanmar, China, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Gujarat, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“each blade is elliptical, with a length of 1.5 to 4 centimetres with a smooth surface and dark green on its underside.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“each blade is elliptical, with a length of 1.5 to 4 centimetres with a smooth surface and dark green on its underside.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Common Hedge Bower itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Common Hedge Bower itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- বনজুঁই
- Tamil
- சங்கம் குப்பி
- Malayalam
- പുഴമുല്ല
About Common Hedge Bower
Common Hedge Bower (Clerodendrum inerme) belongs to the Verbenaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat and West Bengal. It grows in plains, scrub jungles and wastelands, often by fencing. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Common Hedge Bower belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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