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Clerodendrum thyrsoideum

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Gürke

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burkina
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Woody savanna
• gallery forest
• near water.

Flowering Times

• Beginning of dry season Feb

Fruiting Times

• Feb

Liana or scandent shrub with spiny branches, spines to 25mm long, coriaceous glabrous leaves 100mm long, inflorescence a terminal raceme or panicle to 300mm long, flowers white, yellow or greenish to 5mm long, fragrant, calyx to 8mm long with 5 teeth, corolla tube to 12mm long with lobes to 6mm long, fruit a shiny black berry to 10mm long

Further References

• Arbonnier
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew