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Clerodendrum floribundum
Also called Thurkoo, Smooth clerodendrum
Lolly bush is a shrub or small tree from coastal rainforest margins and drier rocky sites in Australia and New Guinea, grown for its fragrant white flowers and glossy red and black fruits. It is easy to grow but needs plenty of water.
Clerodendrum floribundum, known as the lolly bush or smooth clerodendrum, is a shrub or tree found in Australia and New Guinea. Its habitat is in or at the margins of coastal rainforests, up to 300 metres above sea level. In Western Australia it grows in drier areas, such as rocky sites, gorges, cliffs, floodplains and creek beds.
Regeneration is from fresh seeds or cuttings. It is an easy plant to grow, although it requires plenty of water.
There is some debate whether this plant is found in rainforests of the Illawarra. A.G.Floyd says it is found as far south as Batemans Bay and growing north to Cape York at the northernmost point of the continent, and then west through the Northern Territory and Western Australia. However, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney say records in the far southeast may not be accurate.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clerodendrum floribundum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
