Clerodendrum floribundum var. ovatum (R.Br.) Domin

Lamiaceae

Domin, K. (1928) Bibliotheca Botanica 89(4): 1112.

Clerodendrum, Smooth; Smooth Clerodendrum

A small tree not exceeding 30 cm dbh. Blaze conspicuously layered.

Leaf blades about 4.5-10 x 2-4 cm. Numerous translucent glands visible with a lens on the underside of the leaf blade. Leaf bearing twigs and petioles +/- reddish or purplish.

Calyx about 5-10 mm long, the lobes about 3-4 mm long. Corolla tube long and slender, about 20-30 mm long, glabrous externally, lobes about 3-5 mm long.

Fruit obovoid or globose, about 5-10 x 5-8 mm. Calyx red, about 10-25 mm diam., persistent at the base.

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Occurs in WA, NT, CYP, NEQ, CEQ and southwards as far as south-eastern Queensland. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 1200 m. Grows as an understory tree in well developed rain forest on a variety of sites. Also found in monsoon forest, beach forest and open forest. Also occurs in Malesia.

Queensland Herbarium does not recognise the varieties and treats them all at species level.

Clerodendrum ovatum R.Br., Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae : 511(1810), Type: Queensland, South Wellesley Islands, Sept.- Oct 1802, R. Brown s.n.: Lecto: BM; iso: BM, LE, MEL. Clerodendrum floribundum var. latifolium F.Muell., Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9: 5(1875). Clerodendrum ovalifolium (Juss.) Bakh., Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg Series 3 3: 95(1921). Clerodendrum populneum E.Beer & H.J.Lam, Blumea 2: 224(1936), Type: Papua New Guinea, Baroka, April 1933,L. J. Brass 3781, holo: L; iso: NY.