Hill Glory Bower
Clerodendrum viscosum
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Karnataka, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- October-July
How to identify Hill Glory Bower
Identify Hill Glory 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Sticky (viscous) foliage.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Cyme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-July.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Clerodendrum viscosum
- Genus
- Clerodendrum
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Shaded places, hedges of forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, South China, Hainan, Philippine Islands, Sumatra, Java, Sarawak; often cultivated
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“Leaves are simple, opposite;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Leaves are simple, opposite;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OrbicularrecordedRounded, roughly circular.“The stem is erect, 0.5–4 m (1.6–13.1 ft) high, with no branches, and produces circular leaves with 15 cm (5.9 in) diameter.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hill Glory Bower itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- CymerecordedA branched cluster where the central/terminal flower opens first.“both surfaces sparsely villous-pubescent, elliptic, broadly elliptic, ovate or elongate ovate, 3.5–20 cm (1.4–7.9 in) wide, 6–25 cm (2.4–9.8 in) long, dentate, inflorescence in the” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The fruits are attractive dark metallic blue drupes, about 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hill Glory Bower itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- ভাঁটফুল
About Hill Glory Bower
Hill Glory Bower (Clerodendrum viscosum) belongs to the Verbenaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Karnataka, Meghalaya and 5 other states. It grows in shaded places, hedges of forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to July.
Uses
It is long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Hill Glory Bower belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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