• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Volkameria fragrans Vent.; Clerodendru fragrans Hort. ex Vent.; Clerodendrum lasiocephalum C.B.Clarke
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Clerodendrum chinense (Osb.) Mabberley
• Common name : Chinese Glory Bower, Cashmere bouqet, Galse Pikake, Blory Bush, Scent Malli
• Vernacular name : Mysore malligai (Tamil); Dilbahar, Mysore malle (Telugu); Paenupparuthi chedi, Mysore malligai (Tamil); Ammam, Chendumulla, Motormohini (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Planted
• Comments / notes : Flowers are sweet scented. Often planted in gardens and runs wild along slopes.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
• Native : Indo-China
• World Distribution : India, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Clerodendrum philippinum. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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