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Clerodendrum fragrans

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Name

Identification
Clerodendrum fragrans Vent. [family VERBENACEAE ]
Related name
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Flora

Entry for Clerodendrum japonicum (Thunb.) Sweet [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Clerodendrum japonicum (Thunb.) Sweet [family LABIATAE], Hort.Brit., ed. 1, 322 (1827).
Volkameria japonica Thunb. [family ], Fl. Jap. 255 (1784)
Volkmannia japonica Jacq. [family ], (1797-1801)
Clerodendrum fragrans Vent. [family LABIATAE], Jard. Malm. 2, t. 70 (1804), (in syn. under Volkameria fragrans Vent.).
Information
A small erect subherbaceous shrub withwhite or pink flowers in dense terminal heads;introduced and occasionally naturalised.
Habitat
introduced and occasionally naturalised
Range
A native of China and Japan; the double-flowered form is extensively grown in warmer countries.
Distribution
S. L.: Bathurst, Freetown (cult., June) Deighton 2710!Ghana: Aburi (cult., June) Irvine 34!S. Nig.: Oban Talbot![Br.] Cam.: Victoria (Jan.) Ndi FHI 50351!

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