Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Verbenaceae | Genus: Clerodendrum | Species: Clerodendrum inerme (Linn.) Gaertner ( संकुप्पी ) |
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| Synonym | Volkameria inermis Linn. Clerodendrum neriifolium (Roxb.) Schauer; V. neriifolia Roxburgh. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Vilayati mehendi | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Glory Bower, Indian privet, Seaside clerodendrum, Wild Jasmine | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Vilayati mehendi, chhoti-ari | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 200 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a Drupes gray-yellow, obovoid to subglobose. |
| Habitat | Planted road site as ornamental | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Exotic, Native to Africa, introduced to: Now widespread throughout humid and sub-humid lowlands of Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Australia | Bark Details | Bark rugged |
| Distribution in Haryana | , Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Shrubs up to 8 m tall; Bark rugged; Leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, or elliptic, thick papery, abaxially pubescent, glandular, base obtuse, margin entire, apex obtuse. Inflorescences 3-flowered; bracts linear. Calyx subtruncate, with minute rudimentary teeth, inside glabrous, sparsely glandular. Corolla white; lobes elliptic; Stamens exserted, pubescent at base of filaments. Fruit a Drupes gray-yellow, obovoid to subglobose. | Leaf Details | Leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, or elliptic, thick papery, abaxially pubescent, glandular, base obtuse, margin entire, apex obtuse |
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