Bark
Smooth, greenish-gray to light brown bark with square-shaped (quadrangular) young stems covered in fine, soft hairs.
Clerodendrum chinense
Syn. Clerodendrum fragrans
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
(LC)
Local name
- Chinese Glorybower (English)
- Madras mallige (Kannada),
- Kuthap angouba (Manipuri)
Shrub type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Lamiaceae
1.2m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Large, broadly ovate leaves (10–25 cm long) with deeply toothed margins, emitting a strong, fetid odor when crushed.
Flower
Fragrant, double pinkish-white flowers resembling miniature roses, densely packed into large, dome-shaped terminal clusters.
Fruit / Seeds
Rarely produces fruit; when present, it forms small, blue-black drupes holding four seeds.
Did you know?
The name Clerodendrum derives from Greek kleros (fate) and dendron (tree), traditionally linked to the variable medicinal properties of its species.
Distribution
Himalaya to S. China and Malesia, Taiwan, Tanzania, Bangladesh