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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Clerodendrum floribundum var. Click on images to enlarge floribundum
Family Lamiaceae Scientific Name Clerodendrum floribundum R.Br. var. floribundum
Brown, R. (1810) Prodr. : 511. Leaves and flowers. Copyright G. Sankowsky Common name Lolly Bush; Abundant Clerodendron; Thurkoo; Clerodendrum; Clerodendrum, Smooth; Clerodendron, Abundant; Smooth Clerodendrum Stem A small tree not exceeding 30 cm dbh. Blaze often conspicuously layered. Leaves
Leaf bearing twigs pale brown. Leaf blades about 7-15 x 3.5-6 cm. Underside of the leaf blade marked by Scale bar 10mm. Copyright CSIRO numerous, minute, flat or slightly depressed glands. Flowers Corolla tube glabrous externally, long and slender, several times longer than the corolla lobes. Fruit Calyx lobes persistent. Seedlings Features not available. Trunk. Copyright G. Sankowsky Distribution and Ecology Occurs in WA, NT, CYP, NEQ, CEQ and southwards as far as north-eastern New South Wales. Altitudinal range in northern Australia from sea level to 300 m. Generally grows in open forest and woodland but occasionally found in monsoon forest and vine thickets. Also occurs in New Guinea. Natural History & Notes Queensland Herbarium does not recognise the varieties and treats them all at species level. A food plant for the larval stages of the Common Tit Butterfly. Common & Waterhouse (1981). Not commonly cultivated though this is a hardy and adaptable shrub. Large terminal clusters of long tubular flowers are followed by black fruits in the red calyx. This plant used medicinally by Aborigines, wood decoction drunk for aches and pains. Cribb (1981). Herb (herbaceous or woody, under 1 m tall) X Shrub (woody or herbaceous, 1-6 m tall) X Tree X RFK Code 923 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images.