Clerodendrum paniculatum L.

Shrubs ca. 1 m tall. Branchlets 4-angled, subglabrous to pubescent, nodes villous. Leaves palmately lobed; petiole 3-11 cm, yellow-brown pubescent; leaf blade broadly ovate to subrounded, 5-17 X 7.5-19 cm, abaxially sparsely pubescent and sandy glandular, adaxially sparsely pubescent to subglabrous, base cordate, margin entire or minutely denticulate, apex acute. Inflorescences conical to rounded thyrses, 15-26 X 16-22 cm; peduncle long; bracts ovate-lanceolate to ovate; bractlets linear. Calyx ca. 7 mm, deeply 5-lobed, dotted; lobes usually lanceolate, ca. 5 mm. Corolla red to orange, tube 1-1.5 cm, dotted, outside pubescent, inside subglabrous; lobes oblong to ovate, spreading. Stamens and style 4 X as long as corolla tube. Drupes globose, 5-9 mm in diam. Fl. and fr. Apr-Feb.

Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan [Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].

Wet places; 100-500 m.

Clerodendrum pyramidale Andrews; Volkameria angu-lata Loureiro.