Clerodendrum silvanum

Botanical Description

Clerodendrum silvanum is a scrambling, thorny shrub or climbing vine with stems that can be 30 metres long and reach to the top of the forest canopy. The flowers are frequently produced on the trunks of the plant[ 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/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens[ 1026 Title Useful Plants of Ghana Publication Author Abbiw D.K. Publisher The Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew, UK Year 1990 ISBN 1-85339-043-7 Description The book is ordered by usage, rather than by plant. It makes it easier to look up individual uses, but rather difficult to collate all the uses of each species. Otherwise, a well-researched book. ].