Clerodendrum glabrum

Clerodendrum glabrum is a small to medium deciduous tree, widespread from Tropical to Southern Africa.

Clerodendrum glabrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Clerodendrum
Species:	C. glabrum
Binomial name
Clerodendrum glabrum E.Mey.

In common with others of this family, its bark is covered in prominent white lenticels. Leaves are usually in whorls of 3 and produce a fetid smell when crushed. The fragrant flowers are usually mauve with strongly exserted stamens and style, a common characteristic of the genus, and are borne in dense, terminal clusters. Closely related are Clerodendrum thomsoniae (Bleeding Heart) and Clerodendrum ugandense, known as Oxford and Cambridge bush because of its two tones of blue.

See also

• List of Southern African indigenous trees

References

• "Clerodendrum glabrum var. glabrum". Aluka. Retrieved 2010-02-11.^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Clerodendrum glabrum". Namibian Biodiversity Database. Retrieved 2010-02-11.