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CLERODENDRON L.
Yuan, Y.W., Mabberly, D.J., Steane, D.A. & Olmstead, R.G. (2010) Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): Implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy Taxon 59(1) 125-133
Trees, shrubs, subshrubs or lianes, usually strongly foetid when crushed. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-4, simple. Flowers in lax cymes, panicles, corymbs or heads, rarely solitary. Calyx campanulate to tubular, truncate to 5-toothed. often accrescent in fruit, sometimes coloured and showy. Flower bud symmetrical, or if asymmetrical usually expanding on the upper side due to resupination; anterior corolla lobe only slightly (if at all) larger than the other 4. Corolla white, blue, violet or red; tube sometimes very long or only as long as the calyx. Stamens 4-5, didynamous, usually long-exserted; anthers dorsifixed. Ovary imperfectly 4-locular. Stigma 2-fid, exserted, the lobes equal. Fruit a drupe, often 4-grooved and ± (2-)4-lobed. Worldwide: c. 400 species in tropical and warm countries Malawi: 9 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| cephalanthum Oliv. subsp. montanum (B. Thomas) Verdc. | N | |
| cephalanthum Oliv. subsp. swynnertonii (S. Moore) Verdc. | Description, Image | |
| johnstonii Oliv. | N | Description, Image |
| pleiosciadium Gürke | N | Description, Image |
| pusillum Gürke | S | Description, Image |
| robustum Klotzsch var. robustum | S | Description, Image |
| rotundifolium Oliv. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| ternatum Schinz | C,S | Description, Image |
| toxicarium Baker | N,C,S |
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