Clerodendrum ugandense

Clerodendrum ugandense

  • Clerodendrum ugandense
  • Clerodendrum ugandense
  • Flower name
    Clerodendrum ugandense
  • Scientific name
    Clerodendrum ugandense
  • AliasBlue elfin, Blue butterfly flower, Blue butterfly bush, Blue wing, ブルーエルフィン
  • Place of originTropical Africa and tropical Asia
  • Place of floweringGarden
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August, September, October
  • Language of flowersChance!

What is Clerodendrum ugandense

Clerodendrum ugandense commonly called Blue elfin, Blue butterfly flower, (scientific name: Clerodendrum ugandense), is a deciduous shrub of the family Lamiaceae native Tropical Africa and tropical Asia. It lets the florets of the butterfly-shaped ornament with purple as a cyme bloom in autumn from summer.
In the same genus there is also Crelodendrum paniculatsum 'Alba' that makes white flowers bloom.

General name: Clerodendrum ugandense, scientific name: Clerodendrum ugandense, aka: Blue elfin, Blue butterfly flower, Blue butterfly bush, Blue wing, Glory bower, origin: tropical Africa and tropical Asia, Height: 1-3 m, length: cm, inflorescence type: cymes, Corolla shape: Butterfly-shaped, flowering: 7-10 months, flower diameter: 2 cm, flower: blue, Calyx color: purple.


  • Order
    Lamiales
  • Family
    Lamiaceae
  • Genus
    Clerodendrum
  • Species
    C. ugandense
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cluster inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Butterfly shape
  • Leaf type
    ovoid
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeDeciduous shrub
  • Flower colorsBlue
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height100.0 ~ 300.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.5 ~ 2.0 cm

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