Clerodendrum chinense (Osbeck) Mabb. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Clerodendrum chinense (Osbeck) Mabb.

Summary

Genus:

Clerodendrum

Family:

Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)

Subfamily:

Ajugoideae

Nomen number:

407664

Place of publication:

The plant-book repr. 707. 1989

Verified:

02/19/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Cryptanthus chinensis Osbeck

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Clerodendrum fragrans Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Clerodendrum philippinum Schauer

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Núñez Meléndez, E. Plantas medicinales de Puerto Rico: Folklore y fundamentos científicos. 1982
Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-

Common names

English
glory-bower –
German
Lauben-Losstrauch –
Swedish
doftklerodendrum –
Transcribed Chinese
chong ban xiu mo li –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan
2	Cultivated
6	Other

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan]

Cultivated ()
Other ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Medicines	folklore		Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=407664. Accessed 1 September 2025.