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Pagoda flower (Clerodendrum paniculatum)

Dlium Pagoda flower (Clerodendrum paniculatum)

Pagoda flower (Clerodendrum paniculatum) is a flowering plant species in Lamiaceae, popular as an ornamental plant with clumps shaped like pagodas or pyramids, red in color, favored by butterflies and widely used as traditional medicinal plants.

C. paniculatum lives in the tropics, generally growing to 2-3 meters tall, upright stems and green with brown skin. The leaves are dark green, length 15-30 cm, width 10-25 cm, stalk up to 40 cm, the surface is wavy following the bone, oval-shaped with a pointed tip and has two acute angles on each side like two pairs of wings.





Flowers are panicles arranged in the form of a pagoda with a taper on the top of the stem, predominantly red and have many pedicels. A single flower has five petals, white with a red center, long white stamen and increasingly to the red end.

This species grow in the lowlands and highlands for all temperatures, need a lot of sun throughout the day. Roots are cold with a bitter taste and are used to treat pain in rheumatism, back pain, tuberklosis, coughing up blood, insomnia, bloody bowel movements and bruises.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Ajugoideae
Genus: Clerodendrum L. in Sp. Pl.: 637 (1753)
Species: Clerodendrum paniculatum L. in Mant. Pl. 1: 90 (1767)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Cleianthus coccineus Lour. ex B.A.Gomes in Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes, n.s., 4(1): 28 (1868)
Clerodendrum citrinum Ridl. in J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 5: 165 (1915)
Clerodendrum diversifolium Vahl in Symb. Bot. 2: 75 (1791)
Clerodendrum paniculatum var. diversifolium (Vahl) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 593 (1885)
Clerodendrum pyramidale Andrews in Bot. Repos. 10: t. 628 (1811)
Volkameria angulata Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 389 (1790)
Volkameria diversifolia Vahl in Symb. Bot. 2: 75 (1791)

PUBLICATIONS

Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.

Bramley, G.L.C. & al. (eds.) in Ridley, H.N. (2022). Flora of the Malay Peninsula, ser. II, 9: 1-301. Authority of teh Government of the Straits Settlements.

Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Deori, C., Kumar Roy, D. & Talukdar, S.R. (2012). Clerodendrum paniculatum L. (Verbenaceae): A new record to North-East India from Barnadi Wildlife Sancturay, Assam. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 835-836.

Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.

Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Smith, A.C. (1991). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 5: 1-626. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.

Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.

Vikraman, R.R., Pandurangan, A.G. & Thulasidas, G. (2008). A study on the garden escaped exotics of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 765-781.

Wearn, J.A. & Mabberley, D.J. (2011). Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae) in Borneo. Systematic Botany 36: 1050-1061.

Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.

VERNACULAR NAME

Bali: Tumbak raja
Chinese (simplified): 圆锥大青
Chinese (traditional): 寶塔龍船花 - 圓錐大青
Czech: Blahokeř latnatý
Dutch: Pagodebloem
English: Pagoda flower
Filipino: Bulaklak ng Pagoda
Finnish: Pagodikohtalonpensas
French: Couronne de mariée
German: Pagodenblume, Rispenblütiger Losstrauch
Hong Kong: 圓錐大青
Indonesian: Bunga Pagoda
Japan: パゴダの花
Java: Srigunggu
Kannada: Krishnana kireeta, Krishnana teru, Ratha pushpa, Ratha hoovu
Lampung: Tinjau handak
Lithuanian: Šluotelinis šventmedis
Macao: 圓錐大青
Madura: Punggur tosek
Malayalam: Arumasapoovu, Arumasachedi, Krishnakireedam, Hanumankireedam
Marathi: Samai
Palauan: Butecherechar
Portuguese: Flor-de-pagode
Russia: Клеродендрум метельчатый
Slovak: Klerodendron metlinatý
Spanish: Volcán
Sunda: Singgugu, kokotokan, Kembang bugang
Taiwan: 寶塔龍船花
Tamil: Krishna Kireedam
Thai: ดอกไม้เจดีย์ - นมสวรรค์
Vietnam: Hoa chùa

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