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Clerodendrum floribundum var. ovatum

Family

Lamiaceae

Botanical Name

Clerodendrum floribundum var. ovatum (R.Br.) Domin

Domin, K. (1928) Bibliotheca Botanica 89(4): 1112. Type: ?.

Synonyms

Clerodendrum ovatum R.Br., Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae: 511(1810), Type: Queensland, South Wellesley Islands, Sept.- Oct 1802, R. Brown s.n.: Lecto: BM; iso: BM, LE, MEL. Clerodendrum floribundum var. latifolium F.Muell., Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9: 5(1875), Type: ?. Clerodendrum ovalifolium (Juss.) Bakh., Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg Series 3 3: 95(1921), Type: ?. Clerodendrum populneum E.Beer & H.J.Lam, Blumea 2: 224(1936), Type: Papua New Guinea, Baroka, April 1933,L. J. Brass 3781, holo: L; iso: NY.

Common name

Clerodendrum, Smooth; Smooth Clerodendrum

Stem

A small tree not exceeding 30 cm dbh. Blaze conspicuously layered.

Leaves

Leaf blades about 4.5-10 x 2-4 cm. Numerous translucent glands visible with a lens on the underside of the leaf blade. Leaf bearing twigs and petioles +/- reddish or purplish.

Flowers

Calyx about 5-10 mm long, the lobes about 3-4 mm long. Corolla tube long and slender, about 20-30 mm long, glabrous externally, lobes about 3-5 mm long.

Fruit

Fruit obovoid or globose, about 5-10 x 5-8 mm. Calyx red, about 10-25 mm diam., persistent at the base.

Seedlings

Features not available.

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in WA, NT, CYP, NEQ and southwards as far as south-eastern Queensland. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 1200 m. Grows as an understory tree in well developed rain forest on a variety of sites. Also found in monsoon forest, beach forest and open forest. Also occurs in Malesia.