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Clerodendrum trichotomum Thunb.
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Clerodendrum trichotomum (harlequin glorybower, glorytree, peanut butter tree) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clerodendrum. It is placed in the family Lamiaceae, or sometimes the Verbenaceae. It is native to China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and India.[1]
It is a large shrub, growing 3–6 metres (10–20 ft) high. The leaves are ovate, up to 12 cm (5 in) long, soft and downy or hairy, producing a peanut odor when crushed. The fragrant flowers are borne on branching peduncles. They have white petals, held within a green calyx which turns red as the fruits ripen. The fruits (drupes) are white, changing to bright blue and eventually dark blue on maturity.[2]
It is cultivated for its fragrant flowers, autumn colour, and ornamental berries. It is hardy but requires a sheltered position. The variety C. trichotomum var. fargesii (Farges' harlequin glorybower) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Clerodendrum trichotomum. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
- ^ RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ^ Clerodendrum trichotomum var. fargesii. Royal Horticultural Society.
Further reading[edit]
- Hillier, J. and A. J. Coombes. The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs. David & Charles. 2007.
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Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Throughout China except Nei Mongol, Xinjiang, and Xizang [India, Japan, Korea; SE Asia]
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Shrubs or small trees, 1.5-10 m tall. Branchlets lenticellate. Petiole 2-8 cm; leaf blade greenish abaxially and dark green adaxially, ovate-elliptic, triangular-ovate, or ovate, 5-16 2-13 cm, papery, base broadly cuneate, truncate, or rarely cordate, margin entire or rarely undulate, apex acuminate, veins 3-5 pairs. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, lax, corymbose cymes, dichotomous, 8-18 cm; peduncle 3-6 cm; bracts elliptic, deciduous. Flowers fragrant. Calyx greenish, becoming purple, deeply 5-lobed; lobes triangular-lanceolate to ovate, acute. Corolla white or pinkish, ca. 2 cm, tube slender; lobes oblong, 5-10 3-5 mm. Style shorter than stamens, both exserted. Drupes blue-purple, subglobose, ca. 6-8 mm in diam.
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Below 2400 m.
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