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Clerodendrum trichotomum
Also called Peanut butter tree, Glorytree, Chance Tree
A deciduous shrub or small tree grown for its fragrant late-summer flowers, red calyces and bright blue berries. Cultivated plants are usually hardy garden trees rather than houseplants, and it needs at least two plants nearby to set fruit.
Clerodendrum trichotomum, the harlequin glorybower, glorytree or peanut butter tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, India, and the Philippines.
It is cultivated for its fragrant flowers, autumn color, and ornamental berries, which contain the novel blue pigment trichotomine.
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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.
