Flaming Glorybower
Clerodendrum splendens
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- September-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Clerodendrum splendens
- Genus
- Clerodendrum
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Cultivated in gardens
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Westren and Central Africa
- Distribution
- Widely cultivated in Asia, Africa, Australia and West Indies
- Found in India
- Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Flaming Glorybower itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“It is a twining evergreen climber, growing to 3 metres (9.8 ft) or more, with panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers in summer.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Flaming Glorybower itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Flaming Glorybower
A member of the Verbenaceae family, Flaming Glorybower (Clerodendrum splendens) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and 11 other states. It is cultivated in gardens. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Flaming Glorybower belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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