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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Volkameria |
Species: | V. inermis
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Binomial name | |
Volkameria inermis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn. Ovieda inermis (L.) Burm.f. |
Volkameria inermis, the glory bower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Volkameria of the family Lamiaceae, found in mangrove shores and coastal forests of Australia, Asia, Malesia and the Pacific islands. [1] [2] It is also naturalised in Tunisia, north of Africa. [3]
The tree is a shrub 1–4 metres, but it can grow into a tree with a height up to 10 m. It has woody, smooth stems. Its leaves are arranged alternately, each blade is elliptical with a length of 1.5–4 centimetres with a smooth surface and dark green on its underside. [2] [3]
The flower is trumpet-shaped with white petals 1.5–4 cm long and long reddish or purple stamens. It grows in clusters each made of 3 to 7 of them joined at the base. Its fruit is round or egg-shaped with a length of 1 cm, it turns from green to black when ripe. When the fruit is dried up, it breaks into 4 lobes with thick corky walls. The tree flowers and bears fruit around the same time from July to December, the fruit ripen in March. [2] [3]
Its parts has many medical properties. The seeds and roots are used to treat venom from bitten by some fish and other marine animals. [2]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (September 2014) |
Volkameria inermis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Volkameria |
Species: | V. inermis
|
Binomial name | |
Volkameria inermis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn. Ovieda inermis (L.) Burm.f. |
Volkameria inermis, the glory bower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Volkameria of the family Lamiaceae, found in mangrove shores and coastal forests of Australia, Asia, Malesia and the Pacific islands. [1] [2] It is also naturalised in Tunisia, north of Africa. [3]
The tree is a shrub 1–4 metres, but it can grow into a tree with a height up to 10 m. It has woody, smooth stems. Its leaves are arranged alternately, each blade is elliptical with a length of 1.5–4 centimetres with a smooth surface and dark green on its underside. [2] [3]
The flower is trumpet-shaped with white petals 1.5–4 cm long and long reddish or purple stamens. It grows in clusters each made of 3 to 7 of them joined at the base. Its fruit is round or egg-shaped with a length of 1 cm, it turns from green to black when ripe. When the fruit is dried up, it breaks into 4 lobes with thick corky walls. The tree flowers and bears fruit around the same time from July to December, the fruit ripen in March. [2] [3]
Its parts has many medical properties. The seeds and roots are used to treat venom from bitten by some fish and other marine animals. [2]