Clerodendrum viscosum var. nilagircum Hall.

 
  • Family : VERBENACEAE
    (VERBENA OR VERVAIN FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Lamiaceae
  • Species : Clerodendrum viscosum
  • Variety : nilagircum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in The Plant List
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Key identification features : An under shrub, stems and branches are 4-angled. Leaves are up to ovate to orbicular, margin entire, denticulate or serrate, apex acuminate, villous or tomentose. Flowers white, some times pink spotted, in lax, long, terminal sub-corymbose panicles. Drupes bluish-black, enclosed in the calyx which is reddish and widens at maturity.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Flower, Fruit : October-July
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Occasional as an undergrowth of deciduous forests on hills of Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Clerodendrum viscosum var. nilagircum. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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