Lamiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Clerodendrum disparifolium

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Clerodendrum disparifolium is a shrub or a small tree with slender, pendant branches; it usually grows from 2 - 12 metres tall, occasionally reaching 14 metres. The trunk can be up to 15cm in diameter[ 1745 Title Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae) in Borneo Publication Systematic Botany (2011), 36(4): pp.1050-1061 Author Wearn J.A. & Mabberley D.J. Website http://10.16(X)/036364411X605056 Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Clerodendrum disparifolium has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2018)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

HabitatAlong rivers and streams and on hillsides, in more or less undisturbed, open sites, mixed dipterocarp, keranga and peat-swamp forests; at elevations up to 700 metres[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ] Lowland and hillside forests and forest-edges; at elevations to 1,280 metres[ 1745 Title Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae) in Borneo Publication Systematic Botany (2011), 36(4): pp.1050-1061 Author Wearn J.A. & Mabberley D.J. Website http://10.16(X)/036364411X605056 Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ].