- Clerodendrum trichotomum
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Clerodendrum 
Clerodendrum trichotomum fruit Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Verbenaceae (or Lamiaceae) Genus: Clerodendrum Species: C. trichotomum Binomial name Clerodendrum trichotomum
Thunb.Clerodendrum trichotomum is a large shrub, native to China and Japan.
It grows to about 3 metres high. The leaves are ovate, up to 12 cm long, soft and downy or hairy. The flowers are borne on branching peduncles. They have white petals, held within a brown calyx. The fruits are bright blue drupes.
It is cultivated for its fragrant flowers, autumn colour, and ornamental berries.
References
- Hillier; The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs.
- L. H. Bailey; Manual of Cultivated Plants.
Clerodendrum trichotomum, Vancouver, 2011
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