Lamiaceae
Javanese glorybower
Clerodendrum speciosissimum
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Clerodendrum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 美丽赪桐, 美麗赬桐, 爪哇桢桐
- English
- Javanese glorybower
- Japanese
- ジャワヒギリ
Synonyms
- Clerodendrum blumeanum Schauer
- Clerodendrum buchananii var. fallax (Lindl.) Bakh.
- Clerodendrum colebrookeanum var. forbesii King & Gamble
- Clerodendrum fallax Lindl.
- Clerodendrum greyi Baker
- Clerodendrum horsfieldii Miq.
- Clerodendrum papuanum Scheff.
- Clerodendrum pulchrum Fawc.
- Clerodendrum speciosissimum f. album Moldenke
- Clerodendrum speciosum Teijsm. & Binn. ex Wigman
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.