Clerodendrum chinense var. simplex

Clerodendrum chinense var. simplex (Moldenke) S. L. Chen, Novon. 1: 58. 1991.

Clerodendrum chinense var. simplex (Moldenke) S. L. Chen

Vietnamese name:

Mò hoa trắng, Bạch đồng nữ

Chinese name:

臭茉莉 xiu mo li

English Name:

Chinese glory bower, Hawaiian Rose, Honolulu rose, fragrant clerodendrum, fragrant glory bower, glory bower, stickbush

Hawaiian: pīkake hohono, pīkake pilau, pīkake wauke

Maori (Cook Islands): pitate mama, tiare tūpāpaku

Pohnpeian: rohsen onoluhlu

Samoan: losa Honolulu, losa fiti

Tagalog: pelegrina

Latin Name:

Clerodendrum chinense var. simplex (Moldenke) S. L. Chen

Synonym Name:

Clerodendrum philippinum var. simplex Moldenke, Phytologia 20: 338. 1970. 
Family:

Verbenaceae

Description: 

Scented subshrubs up to 2 m tall; branches quadrangular, densely strigose.  Leaves membranous, broadly ovate, 6-29 cm long, 5-28 cm wide, both surfaces sparsely to moderately strigillose, margins coarsely and irregularly dentate, sometimes weakly 1-3-lobed, apex acute, base cordate to truncate, petioles 2-23 cm long.  Flowers fragrant, numerous in dense, terminal cymose inflorescences, often subtended by a pair of foliaceous bracts, bracteoles numerous, oblong or elliptic, 1.5-3 cm long, strigillose, especially along the margins; calyx purple or red, sometimes with white spots, campanulate, 10-15 mm long, 5-lobed, the lobes anceolate, apex acuminate; corolla pale pink, salverform, usually doubled by petaloid stamens; stamens and ovary usually modified into extra petals  Fruit unknown.

Habitat/ecology:

Forests along streams; 700-1500 m.

Distribution:

China and Vietnam, exact native range obscure; widely cultivated in tropics & subtropics (GRIN).

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