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Clerodendrum melanocrater

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Gürke

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Gabon
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Kenya
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• secondary forest
• swamp forest

Flowering Times

• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Jul

Sometimes a lian to 7m or shrub or tree, pubescent tetragonal branchlets. Glabrous leaves to 100mm x 90mm. Terminal hairy panicles cymes to 125mm long with bracts to 5mm long, fragrant greenish to yellow flowers, puberulous calyx to 2.5mm long with 5 teeth 1mm long, puberulous brownish-yellow or white corolla, tube to 6mm x 1mm with lobes 3mm long, mature fruit black

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• Gleason & Moldenke