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Clerodendrum wallichii
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Family:
VERBENACEAE
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Citation: Clerodendrum wallichii Merr., J. Arnold Arbor. 33: 220. 1952; Pradeep et al., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 88: 467. 1991; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 143. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 646. 2009.
Clerodendrum nutans Wall. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 103. 1825, non Jack 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 591. 1885.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bridal veil, Nodding Clerodendron
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Description:
Shrub, 1-3 m high; branches and branchlets acutely 4-angular, medullose, glabrous; bark reddish brown; nodes annulate, swollen; internodes 2-5 cm long. Leaves decussate-opposite, sometimes ternate, oblanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute to cuneate at base, entire or slightly repand along margins, acuminate at apex, 5-25 x 1.5-10 cm, chartaceous, dark green glabrous above, paler glaucescent glabrous beneath; lateral nerves 5-8 pairs, arcuate at margin, prominent beneath; petioles canaliculate, 0.5-1.5 cm long, rather indistinguishable from decurrent lamina. Racemes cymose, terminal, elongate, 15-30 cm long, minutely pubescent; individual cymes 6-9; peduncles terete, slender, 1.5-10 cm long, glabrous; bracts subulate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, ca 1.5 x 0.2 cm, glabrous, purplish green; pedicels slender, 1-2 cm long, minutely pubescent. Calyx ovoid, inflated, ca 9 x 7 mm, divided nearly to base; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, ca 1 x 0.6 cm, pubescent, purplish green. Corolla hypocrateriform, 5-lobed, white; lobes subequal, obovate or oblanceolate, entire or crenate, obtuse, 1.5-2 x 0.5-1 cm, shiny, glabrous; tube narrow, ca 1.5-0.2 cm, sparsely pubescent outside. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments slender, 2.5-3.5 cm long, glabrous, white; anthers oblong, ca 2 x 1 mm, cream-coloured, black when mature. Ovary subglobose, ca 1.5 x 1 mm, glabrous; style slender, 3.5-4 cm long, whitish pink; stigma 2-lobed, pinkish. Drupes globose, ca 1 cm, succulent, purple, dark when mature, dividing into 1-4 pyrenes.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown in gardens
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Distribution:
India to Myanmar
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vaytri
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