Clerodendrum welwitschii Gürke

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Clerodendrum

Characteristics

A climbing shrub. It grows 5 m tall. The branches have brown hairs. The leaves are large. The flowers are in dense groups at the ends of branches. They are white.
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Flowers white in dense terminal inflorescences.
A climbing shrub with large leaves
Brown-pubescent branches
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountain forest in Central Africa.
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Not known
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Uses food medicinal
Edible leaves stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Clerodendrum welwitschii world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Somalia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:862485-1
WFO ID wfo-0000887775
COL ID 5YXXV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Siphonanthus welwitschii Clerodendrum welwitschii Clerodendrum eketense