Mazhar Botanic Garden

Clerodendrum splendens G. Don ex James

 Flaming Glory Bower

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000264
English name:  Flaming Glory Bower
Arabic name: طربوش الملك
Native: Tropical Western Africa
Country: West africa
(PGR): Common

Twining evergreen climber to 3 m high leaves broad ovate to oblong, or elliptic, entire, leathery, corrugated, lustrous dark green above cymes arranged in a terminal panicle, scarlet, flowers bright red

grown as an ornamental. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Clerodendrum aurantium GDon

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Texture: Loam
Drainage: Well drained
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Softwood cuttings, Cuttings of half-ripe wood. Root cuttings. Division of suckers
Flowering time: Autumn, winter
Zone: 10

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