| Family: Verbenaceae | Genus: Clerodendrum | Species: Clerodendrum phlomidis L.f. ( अरना ) |
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| Synonym | Volkameria multiflora Burm.f. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Arni | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Flowering Period | July-Sept | |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Arna | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Drupe obovoid, black, wrinkled, usually 4-lobed, enclosed by the persistent calyx; seeds oblong, white. |
| Habitat | Dry deciduous forests, cultivated in plains | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Burma | Bark Details | Bark greenish |
| Distribution in Haryana | Bhiwani, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Rewari, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Shrubs up to 3.5 m tall, stem ashy-grey, branches pubescent. Leaves opposite, ovate to rhomboid-ovate, entire to sinuate-crenate, subacute-obtuse. Cymes dichotomously branched, axillary, forming a rounded terminal panicle. Flowers creamy-white or pale yellowish, densely hirsute; bracts ovate lanceolate. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, pale or somewhat yellowish green, somewhat inflated, 5-lobed; ovate-triangulate, Corolla-tube much narrower than the calyx, pubescent. Fruit a drupe obovoid, black, wrinkled, usually 4-lobed, enclosed by the persistent calyx; seeds oblong, white. | Leaf Details | Leaves opposite, ovate to rhomboid-ovate, entire to sinuate-crenate, subacute-obtuse. |
