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Common name

English: Chinese glory bower

Mandarin: 重瓣臭茉莉 (chong ban xiu mo li)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Lamiales (196)

        Family: Lamiaceae (97)(family description)

          Genus: Clerodendrum (6)

            Epithet: chinense (2)

              Variety: simplex (Moldenke) S.L.Chen

chinense => of Chinese origin

simplex => of one piece or series (opposed to compound)

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: pink, white

External links

Check for Clerodendrum chinense at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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