Lamiaceae FAMILY

Clerodendrum umbellatum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Clerodendrum umbellatum is a climbing shrub with stems that can be 6 metres long[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Nigeria, Sudan and Ethiopia, south to Congo, DR Congo and Tanzania

HabitatGrassland with scattered trees, scrub of Lophira, Butyrospermum, Annona etc., riverine thickets; at elevations from 900 - 1,800 metres[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ].