Clerodendrum splendens

• Botanical Name : Clerodendrum splendens G.Don.

• The name Clerodendrum is from the Greek kleros, chance, and dendron, a tree, and alludes to a native legend that the plants possessed medicinal properties, which were a possible cure for certain ailments.

• Common Name : Flaming Glory Bower, Marvadi-Mogro
• Plant Family : Verbenaceae
• Plant Form : Climbers
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 2, 12, 28
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park

About Clerodendrum splendens Plant :

• Habit : A large Climber.
• Leaves : Leaves opposite, large, ovate, cordate.
• Inflorescence : Terminal cymes.
• Flower :
  • Flowers in manyflowered terminal cymes.
  • Calyx large not white, lobes 5, corolla red-scarlet, tube cylindric, lobes 5, spreading.
  • Stamens 4.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : December-February
• Significance : Cultivated in the gardens as a climber with beautiful red flowers.