Clerodendrum villosum Blume

Shrub 2.5–3 m. tall; branches obtusely angled or terete; densely tomentose at the apex, velvety or pilose beneath; internodes rather long; accessory buds present.. Leaves opposite, ovate to broadly obovate, 10–17.5 cm. long, 4–13 cm. wide, acute at the apex, rounded to slightly cordate at the base, coarsely and irregularly crenate or toothed, velvety or adpressed pubescent above, hispid beneath; venation plane above but very prominent beneath; petiole 4–7 cm. long.. Panicles lax, elongate, to ± 17 cm., leafy at base with elongate internodes, the leaves decreasing upwards with uppermost bract-like; axillary cymes opposite, the lower 9–12 cm. long, the upper 0.5–3 cm. long; peduncles 2–5 cm. long.. Calyx 1.3 cm. long, densely villous; tube cupulate-campanulate, 3 mm. long and in diameter; limb widely spreading, ± 1 cm. long, divided for ± 2/3 the length into 5 ovate-triangular acute-ciliate teeth 6 mm. wide at the base, nerved, sparsely pubescent and with very characteristic discoid-cupular glands (sessile glands fide Thomas).. Corolla villous; tube 1–1.5 cm. long, 3 mm. wide, not dilated at the throat; limb almost 2-lipped; lobes unequal, the smallest 7 mm. long, the largest 1 cm. long.. Stamens 4–4.5 cm. long, long-exserted.. Style 5 cm. long. Ovary black, 4-lobed, 2 mm. tall.. Mature fruit globose.

Slightly shaded to sunny locations, brushwood, light forest, forest margins and waste places; at elevations up to 900 metres.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.