Glorybower
Clerodendrum sp
21.4118, 91.9569
Field Notes
Description:
A flowering perennial shrub, with large simple leaves, and producing multitude of attractive white flowers. White five-petaled asymmetrical flowers measure approximately 4cm at the largest point, and produce five very long anthers (about 7 to 8 cm long). The center of each flower is pink. Most likely Clerodendrum infortunatum, a native to tropical regions of South Asia, and a well-known plant in traditional Siddha medicine, a medicine practiced in South India and Sri Lanka.
Habitat:
. Here, grows as weed on edges of agricultural land and on road edges close to the beach.
Notes:
Many thanks to Machi for help in IDing this species.
Reference Links:
Clerodendrum infortunatum - Wikipedia
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PublishedApril 10, 2019
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