Common name
English: Butterfly bush
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Lamiales (196)
Family: Lamiaceae (97)(family description)
Genus: Rotheca (1)
Epithet: myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. (1)
Synonyms: Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) R.Br. ex Vatke, Cyclonema myricoides Hochst., Cyrtostemma myricoides (Hochst.) Kunze, Siphonanthus myricoides (Hochst.) Hiern, Spironema myricoides Hochst.
myricoides => resembling Myrica
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: white