Author: | Robert
Brown
& Wilhelm Vatke, 1882 |
Family: |
VERBENACEAE |
Origin: |
Angola,
Botswana, Burundi, Caprivi Strip, Djibouti, Eritrea,
Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda,
Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre,
Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Rich - Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
15
Centimetres |
Height: |
4
Meters |
Flower:
|
Blue |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Spironema
myricoides
Hochst. 1840.
Rotheca
myricoides, Steane & Mabb.
Rotheca myricoides subsp. austromonticola, Verdc.
Rotheca myricoides var. capiriensis, R.Fern.
Rotheca myricoides var. discolor, Verdc.
Rotheca myricoides var. dumalis, R.Fern.
Rotheca myricoides var. eleanorae, R.Fern.
Rotheca myricoides subsp. mafiensis, Verdc.
Rotheca myricoides var. moldenkei, R.Fern.
Rotheca myricoides subsp. muenzneri, Verdc.
Rotheca myricoides subsp. namibiensis, R.Fern.
Rotheca myricoides subsp. napperae, Verdc.
Rotheca myricoides subsp. ussukumae, Verdc.
Rotheca myricoides var. viridiflora, Verdc.
Clerodendrum myricoides,R.Br. ex Vatke.
Cyclonema myricoides, Hochst.
Cyrtostemma myricoides, Kunze.
Siphonanthus myricoides, Hiern.
Other ways to spell it:
Clerodendron myricoïdes and
ClerodendrOm
myricoides. |
This member of the Verbenaceae
family was given this name by Robert Brown and Wilhelm Vatke in 1882. It is found in the Tropical part of
Africa/East Africa, growing in a rich soil with some water and some sun. The
caudex will grow to 15 centimetres in diameter, the vine-like stems
to four meters. The flowers are bright blue, and it can be reproduced
both by seeds and cuttings.
Really confusing with
the names. It might be Clerodendron
ugandense
, but I'm not sure. Also the ClerodendrOn and ClerodendrUn
seems to be a fault.
The genera name is
derived from two Greek words, kleros, meaning 'chance' or
'fate' or "clergy", and dendron, 'a tree'. The species name
from the French word myriades meaning 'ten thousand' and a
Latinization of the Greek –oides meaning 'looking alike'.
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