Lamiaceae FAMILY

Clerodendrum colebrookeanum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Clerodendrum colebrookeanum is an evergreen shrub or small tree usually growing around 1.5 - 3 metres tall, occasionally reaching 6 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Nepal, Bhutan, northeast India, Bangladesh, southern China.Myanmat, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia

HabitatForests or thickets on mountain slopes and along roads; at elevations from 500 - 2,000 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Tropical evergreen rainforest, dry evergreen, lower montane rain, lower montane pine-oak and mixed deciduous forests[ 1747 Title A Synopsis of the Genus Clerodendrum L. (Lamiaceae) in Thailand Publication Tropical Natural History 11(2): 177-211, October 2011 Author Leeratiwong C., Chantaranothai P. & Paton A.J. Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ].