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Clerodendrum bungei

(Strong-Scented Glorybower)

Common Names

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Common Names in Chinese:

Xiu Mu Dan

Common Names in English:

Cashmere Bouquet, Clerodendron, Glory Bower, Glory-Flower, Mexicali Rose, Mexican Hydrangea, Rose Glory Bower, Rose Glorybower, Strong-Scented Glorybower

Description

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Family Lamiaceae

Herbs, sometimes subshrubs or shrubs , annual or perennial , usually aromatic . Stems and branches usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite, rarely whorled or alternate, simple to pinnately dissected or compound , without stipules. Inflorescences generally compound, sometimes flowers solitary and axillary ; verticillasters 2- to many flowered, subtended by leaves or bracts. Flowers bisexual , zygomorphic, rarely subactinomorphic, bracteolate or not. Calyx persistent , 5-toothed, 2-lipped; upper lip 3-toothed or entire (deciduous in Scutellaria) ; lower lip 2- or 4-toothed; tube sometimes hairy annulate inside. Corolla limb usually 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed and lower 3-lobed, rarely upper lip entire and lower 4-lobed, also rarely limb (4- or) 5-lobed; tube hairy annulate inside. Stamens epipetalous , 4 or 2, free , rarely filaments connate , sometimes one staminodial; anther 1- or 2-celled, usually dehiscing longitudinally; disc persistent. Ovary superior, 2-celled and each cell 2-ovuled and style subterminal , or ovary 4-parted and each lobe 1-ovuled and style gynobasic (from bases of ovary lobes) with 2-cleft apex. Fruit usually 4 dry nutlets . Seeds with or without endosperm.

Approximately 3500 species in 220 genera, distributed worldwide, but mostly in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia. China has 807 species in 96 genera.[1]

Genus Clerodendrum

Shrubs or small trees , rarely subshrubs or herbs, erect or rarely climbing , deciduous or evergreen . Branchlets usually 4-angled when young. Leaves simple , opposite or rarely whorled . Inflorescences loosely cymose or capitate, in terminal or rarely axillary paniculate thyrses . Calyx campanulate or cup-shaped, ca. 5-dentate or deeply 5-lobed. Corolla with a slender tube ; lobes 5, spreading . Stamens 4, ± exserted. Ovary 4-locular; ovules pendulous or laterally attached. Style with 2 acute stigmatic lobes. Fruiting calyx ± inflated . Fruit a drupe with 4 1-seeded pyrenes, sometimes separating into 2 2-loculed or 4 1-locular mericarps.

About 400 species: mostly tropical and subtropical , few in temperate Asia, Africa, and America; 34 species in China.[2]

Physical Description

Species Clerodendrum bungei

Shrubs 1-2 m tall. Branchlets subterete, distinctly lenticellate . Petiole 4-17 cm, densely brown, yellow-brown, or purplish pubescent when young, glabrescent ; leaf blade ovate to broadly ovate, 8-20 5-15 cm, papery , abaxially sparsely glandular pubescent to subglabrous and with several peltate glands near base , adaxially sparsely pubescent, base cuneate, truncate , or cordate, margin serrate, apex acuminate to acute, veins 4-6 pairs. Inflorescences terminal , dense, capitate, flat-topped cymes; bracts lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3 cm, deciduous; bractlets lanceolate, ca. 1.8 cm. Calyx campanulate , tube 2-6 mm, pubescent, with several peltate glands; lobes narrowly triangular to triangular, 1-10 mm. Corolla pinkish, red, or purple, tube 2-3 cm; lobes obovate , 5-8 mm. Stamens and style exserted. Drupes blue-black, subglobose, 6-12 mm in diam. Fl. and fr. May-Nov. [source]

Habit: Tree , Shrub

Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: pink

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 4-6' tall.

Habitat

1100-2500 m. [3].

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,727 meters (0 to 8,947 feet).[4]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 36-48" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Clerodendrum foetidum Bunge

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Nomencl. bot. ed. 2, 1:382. 1840

Name verified on 12-Feb-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-Feb-2007

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Clerodendrum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 619 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. abilioi · C. acerbianum · C. aculeatum (West Indian Privet) · C. aculeatumn · C. aculeatum gracilis · C. aculeatum var. gracile · C. aculeatum var. grandifolium · C. aculeatum var. guianense · C. aculeatum var. parvifolium · C. adenophysum · C. africanum · C. aggregatum · C. alatum · C. alboviolaceum · C. amicorum · C. amplifolium · C. amplius · C. anafense · C. angolense · C. anomalum · C. apayaoense · C. arenarium · C. arenarium var. macrocalyx · C. assurgens · C. attenuatum · C. aucubifolium · C. aucubifolium var. giganteum · C. aurantiacum · C. aurantium · C. bakeri · C. bakhuizeni · C. balfouri · C. baronianum · C. barteri · C. baumii · C. bellum · C. bequaerti · C. bequaertii · C. bernieri · C. bingaense · C. bipindense · C. blumeanum · C. bodinierii · C. boivinii · C. bolivianum · C. bosseri · C. botryodes · C. brachyanthum · C. brachypus · C. brachystemon · C. bracteatum · C. bracteatum var. bunnemeijeri · C. quadriloculare 'Brandonii' (Variegated Starburst Bush) · C. brassii · C. brazzavillense · C. brevicalyx · C. breviflorum · C. brookeanum · C. brunnescens · C. brunsvigioides · C. buchanani · C. buchananii · C. buchholzii · C. buchneri · C. buettneri · C. bukobense · C. bungei (Strong-Scented Glorybower) · C. bungei 'Herfstleu' · C. bungei 'Pink Diamond' · C. bungei var. megacalyx · C. buruanum · C. buxifolium · C. cabrae · C. caeruleum · C. caesium · C. calamitosum (White Butterfly) · C. calcicola · C. camagueyense · C. canescens · C. capense · C. capitatum · C. capitatum var. rhodesiense · C. capsulare · C. cardiophyllum · C. carnosulum · C. caryopteroides · C. castaneifolium · C. cauliflorum · C. cavaleriei · C. cavum · C. cecil-fischeri · C. cephalanthum · C. cephalanthum subsp. mashariki · C. cephalanthum subsp. swynnertonii · C. ceramense · C. chamaeriphes · C. chartaceum · C. chevalieri · C. chinense (Chinese Glory Bower) · C. chinense 'Pleniflorum'

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Xi-wen Li & Ian C. Hedge "Lamiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 50. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. "Clerodendrum". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 34. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  3. "Clerodendrum bungei". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 40. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  4. Mean = 372.970 meters (1,223.655 feet), Standard Deviation = 794.650 based on 38 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/1/2009