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David Willoughby's plant from Ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com.


Large plant from Landscapeplants.aub.edu.lb.


It does look like a caudiciforms - at least Jose Luis, bonsai, from Ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com.


The flowers from Nursery.com.


The fruits from Nparks.gov.sg.

Author: 

Joseph Gaertner, 1788

Family: 

VERBENACEAE

Origin: 

Coastal India, Sri Lanka (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand; Oceanic Islands; Australasia; Pacific Islands.)

Soil: 

Mix - Rich

Water: 

Maximum

Sun: 

Medium - Maximum

Thickness: 

9 Centimetres

Height: 

3-13 Metres

Flower: 

White

Propagate: 

Seeds/Cuttings

Names: 

Embrert, Garden Quinine, Indian Privet, Seaside Clerodendrum, Sorcerers Bush, Wild Jasmine, Glory Bower, Tubeflower

Synonyms: 

Volkameria inermis, L. 1753.
Clerodendrum buxifolium, Spreng.
Clerodendrum capsulare,
Blanco
Clerodendrum commersonii,
Spreng.
Clerodendrum coriaceum,
Poir.
Clerodendrum coromandelianum,
Spreng.
Clerodendrum emarginatum,
Briq.
Clerodendrum inerme,
Gaertn.
Clerodendrum inerme
var. macrocarpum, Moldenke
Clerodendrum inerme f. parvifolium,
Moldenke
Clerodendrum javanicum,
Spreng.
Clerodendrum neriifolium,
Wall. ex Steud.
Clerodendrum ovalifolium,
Bakh.
Clerodendrum ovatum,
Poir.
Ovieda inermis,
Burm.f.
Ovieda ovalifolia,
A.Juss.
Volkameria buxifolia,
Willd.
Volkameria commersonii,
Poir.
Volkameria neriifolia,
Roxb.
Catesbaea javanica,
Osbeck

This member of the Verbenaceae family was given this name by Joseph Gaertner in 1788. It is found in Coastal India and Sri Lanka (and a better part of coastal Asia), growing in a well drained but rich soil with lots of water and some to lots of sun. The stem can grow to nine centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to three or even thirteen centimetres in height. The flowers are white.

The genera name is derived from two Greek words, kleros, meaning 'chance', 'fate' or "clergy", and dendron, 'a tree'.  The species name meaning 'unarmed' as it have no spines.


A young plant from Plantscapedubai.com.