Clerodendrum tomentosum

Family Verbenaceae

Shrub or tree to 5 m. Leaves ovate to 14 cm long and velvety. Resprouts from rootsuckers forming localised patches.

Flowers: White in terminal corymbs, spring - summer.

Fruit: Black drupe sitting on red fleshy calyx.

Seed:

Gallery images: seed, seedling, rootstock, resprout

Ecology

• Woodland habitat.
• Uncommon in woodland at the Australian Botanic Garden.
• Resprouts from base and rootsuckers after fire.