Madras Mallige / Chinese Glory Bower
Clerodendrum philippinum
Also known as Cashmere Bouqet, Galse Pikake, Blory Bush, Scent Malli
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Madras Mallige
Identify Madras Mallige 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Strongly fragrant flowers.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Clerodendrum philippinum
- Genus
- Clerodendrum
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Planted
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Indo-China
- Distribution
- India, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Madras Mallige itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
- 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 Madras Mallige itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಮದರಾಸುಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ Madras mallige
- Manipuri
- ꯀꯨꯊꯞ ꯑꯉꯧꯕꯥ Kuthap angouba
- Tamil
- மத்ராஸ மல்லீ Madras Malli
- Nepali
- राजबेली Raajabelee, बनबेली Banabelee, राजकली Raajakalee
About Madras Mallige
A member of the Verbenaceae family, Chinese Glory Bower (Clerodendrum philippinum) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka. It is planted. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Madras Mallige belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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