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Volkameria inermis
Also called Glory Bower, Scrambling Clerodendrum
In Singapore: Indian Privet, Seashore Tubeflower, Bunga Pawang, Wild Jasmine, Sorcerers Bush, Seaside Clerodendrum, 苦郎树 (Native to Singapore, Least Concern)
Volkameria inermis, also called Indian privet or seaside Clerodendrum, is a scrambling shrub or small tree of mangrove shores and coastal forests across tropical Asia, Malesia and the Pacific. It is grown mainly as a coastal or tropical garden plant and needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions.
Volkameria inermis, commonly known as Indian privet, seaside Clerodendrum and scrambling Clerodendrum, among other names, is a species of flowering plant in the mint and sage family Lamiaceae, found in mangrove shores and coastal forests of Australia, Asia, Malesia and the Pacific islands. It is a vine or shrub, and was first described in 1788. In Australia it is treated as Clerodendrum inermis. It is also naturalised in Tunisia, north of Africa.
Its parts has many medical properties. The seeds and roots are used to treat venom from bitten by some fish and other marine animals.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Volkameria inermis 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.
