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Clerodendrum aculeatum (L.) Schltdl.
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"Notes: Western Ghats, High Altitude, Cultivated, Native of Tropical America"
Distribución: En bosques y matorrales secos, a lo largo del litoral. También en Mona, Anegada, Jost van Dyke, Isla Peter, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola y Virgen Gorda; a través de las Antillas, Venezuela y las Guyanas.
Bosques Públicos: Guánica y Mona.
Distribution: In dry forests and thickets, along the littoral zone. Also on Mona, Anegada, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda; throughout the Antilles, Venezuela, and the Guianas.
Public Forests: Guánica and Mona.
Tamil Nadu: Nilgiri
Distribution: A native of the W. Indies, introduced in some parts of Africa and Asia.
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Erect spiny shrub, 1-2 m tall; spines formed from remnants of petiole on older branches, opposite and very small. Leaves ovate, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 2-5 cm long, 1-2 cm broad, acute, glabrous; petiole 5-10 mm long. Cymes lax, becoming spinescent, axillary in the upper leaves axils. Flowers white, c. 1.5 cm across. Calyx tubular, pubescent, 5-lobed; lobes ovate, acute. Corolla-tube c. 1.5 cm long, 5-lobed with lobes acute and shorter than the tube. Drupe breaking into 2 pyrenes on maturity.
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Clerodendrum aculeatum (L.) Schltdl.
BASÓNIMO: Volkameria aculeata L.
Arbusto erecto o escandente, que alcanza 3 m de largo. Tallos cilíndricos, usualmente estriados, puberulentos, con 2 ó 3 espinas opuestas o verticiladas en el área de los nudos. Hojas opuestas o tres por nudo; láminas 1.5-7 × 0.5-2.6 cm, oblongas o elíptico-ovadas, cartáceas, glabras o puberulentas, el ápice agudo u obtuso, la base cuneada o redondeada, los márgenes enteros; haz opaco, verde obscuro; envés verde pálido opaco, con numerosas punteaduras; pecíolos 2.5-10 mm de largo, puberulentos. Flores en cimas axilares. Cáliz verde, campanulado, puberulento, 2.5-4 mm de largo, los sépalos muy cortos; corola blanca, hipocrateriforme, 1.4-2.7 cm de largo, el tubo a veces con matiz púrpura; filamentos rosados, dos veces más largos que la corola; estilo púrpura, tan largo como los estambres. Drupa ovoide o depreso-ovoide, 5-7 mm de largo, abriendo en dos mitades al madurar.
Fenología: Coleccionada en flor de enero a marzo y de agosto a octubre y en fruto de enero a agosto.
Estatus: Nativa, localmente común.
Especimenes Estudiados: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 681; 1934; 1994; 2818; 3766; 4026; 5140; 5409; 6976; 11059; 11273; 11524.
Clerodendrum aculeatum (L.) Schltdtl., Linnaea 6: 750. 1831.
Basionym: Volkameria aculeata L.
Erect or scandent shrub attainig 3 m in length. Stems cylindrical, usually striate, puberulent, with 2 or 3 spines, opposite or whorled, in the area of the nodes; stipules absent. Leaves opposite or three per node, 1.5-7 × 0.5-2.6 cm, oblong or ellipticovate, chartaceous, glabrous or puberulent, the apex acute or obtuse, the base cuneate or rounded, the margins entire; upper surface dull, dark green; lower surface pale green, dull, with numerous dots; petioles 2.5-10 mm long, puberulent. Inflorescences of axillary cymes. Calyx campanulate, puberulent, 2.5-4 mm long, the sepals expanded; corolla white, hypocrateriform, 1.4-2.7 cm long, the tube sometimes with a purple tinge; filaments pink, twice as long as the corolla; style purple, as long as the filaments. Drupe ovoid or depressed-ovoid, 5-7 mm long, opening in two halves when ripe.
Phenology: Collected in flower from January to March and from August to October and in fruit from January to August.
Status: Native, locally common.
Selected Specimens Examined: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 681; 1934; 1994; 2818; 3766; 4026; 5140; 5409; 6976; 11059; 11273; 11524.
Habit: Shrub
Holotype for Clerodendrum ternifolium var. mexiae Moldenke
Catalog Number: US 1592022
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Status verified from secondary sources
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): Y. Mexia
Year Collected: 1934
Locality: Between Guayaquil and Salinas., Guayas, Ecuador, South America
- Holotype: Moldenke, H. N. 1940. Phytologia. 1: 460.
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