Lamiaceae

Pagoda-flower

Clerodendrum paniculatum L.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Clerodendrum

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Pagoda-flower (Clerodendrum paniculatum) — FlowerPhoto: Carlos Alexandre Mattos Raposo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 圆锥大青, 圆齿大青, 龙船花
English: Pagoda-flower, Hanuman kireetam, Pagoda flower
Malay: Sepanggil
Malayalam: Red Pagoda Tree, ആറുമാസച്ചെടി, കൃഷ്ണമുടി, പെരു, ഹനുമാൻ കിരീടം, ഹനുമാൻകിരീടം

Synonyms

Cleianthus coccineus Lour. ex B.A.Gomes
Clerodendrum citrinum Ridl.
Clerodendrum diversifolium Vahl
Clerodendrum paniculatum var. diversifolium (Vahl) C.B.Clarke
Clerodendrum pyramidale Andrews
Volkameria angulata Lour.
Volkameria diversifolia Vahl

Flowers

In flower: April to December (from 314 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Carlos Alexandre Mattos Raposo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sindhu Haridas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Chuck Wilson, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Arria Belli assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chloe Evans, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Shami Narayanan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.