| | | Clerodendrum lloydianum Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1914: 284. 1914. | | Lamiaceae | |
Description: Lower shrub, to ca 1.5 m tall, most parts pubescent; stem: nodes without a band of hairs; exstipulate. Leaves decussate, oblong to oblanceolate, usually 15–30 cm long; apex acuminate; base cunete to rounded; blabe pilose above; margin remotely denticulate, ciliate; secondary nerves 8–10 on each side; petioles 1.5–9 cm long. Inflorescences cymose, erect, loosely flowers, 10–35 cm long; bracts leaf-like, 1–9 cm long; bracteoles filiform; pedicels 0.5–1 cm. Flowers zygomorphic. Calyx 5, shortly connate, glandular hairy; lobes lanceolate 5–7 mm long. Corolla white; tube to ca 1.5 cm long; lobes obovate, unequal, 0.8–1.5 cm long. Stamens didynamous, inserted within corolla tube, alternate with corolla lobes; filaments long exerted, 3 cm long, glabrous; anthers dorsifixed, 2-lobed, opening by longitudinal slits, ca 2.5 mm, sagittate at base. Ovary superior, 4-locular with one ovule in each locule; style elongate, ca as long as stamens; stigma 2-lobed. Fruits a drupe, fleshy, 4-lobed; ca 1.5 1 cm; persistent calyx 0.5–2.5 cm long. | | | |
| Distribution: Distributed in Vietnam and Thailand, in Thailand found in most regions, except in the southeast and peninsular, mixed deciduous to montane forests, also on limestones, 150–1,550 m. | |
Thai name: กระเบื้อขาว (kra buea khao) | |
Photos: Preecha Karaket (Loei) | |
References:
| Craib, W.G. (1914). Clerodendron lloydianum. Bulletin Miscellaneous Information, Kew, 1914: 284. | | Leeratiwong, C., Chantaranothai & Paton, A.J. (2011). A Synopsis of the Genus Clerodendrum L. (Lamiaceae) in Thailand. Tropical Natural History 11(2): 169, fig. 6. |
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