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Family: Verbenaceae	Genus: Clerodendrum	Species: Clerodendrum phlomidis L.f. ( अरना )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

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.

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