Clerodendrum x speciosum Dombrain
Clerodendrum x speciosum Dombrain
Family: Lamiaceae
Java glory bean, Pagoda flower
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Climber
Distribution:
Originally from South Africa
Use: Ornamental
Description:
Scandent shrubs; branchlets, brown or purplish. Leaves opposite, elliptic-ovate, apically short-acuminate, basally rounded or subacute, margin entire. Inflorescence axillary, cymes, solitary, loosely flowered. Calyx deeply 4-fid; lobes broadly ovate, pink during anthesis, fading to reddish. Corolla deep rose to dark red. Stamens long-exserted; filaments white. Fruiting-calyx pale pink.