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Lolly bush

Clerodendrum floribundum, Fam. Lamiaceae


Slender shrub to small tree, between 3m and 5m high.

Weed Category:
Weed: No
Form or habit: Shrub, Small tree
Family: Lamiaceae
Leaf: Simple Opposite
Entire, narrow to broad, ovate to elliptic, 4-8 x 2-12cm, petioles with purple tint, glabrous.
Flower conspicuous: Conspicuous
Flower colour:

White

Flower description: White, scented, cymes in upper leaf axil or terminal, tubular flowers approximately 0.8cm in diameter, flowering period mainly August to October.
Fruit conspicuous: Conspicuous
Fruit colour:

Black, Blue

Fruit: Fleshy
Fruit description: Blue black, fleshy, globular, shiny drupe in an enlarged red calyx, March to December.
Habitat: Gallery (Riverine or riparian) forest,Woodland/ open forest,Beach Scrub/Littoral Rainforest,Beach strand/ coastal dune
Distribution Queensland, Northern Territory and New South Wales
Food source for: Birds are attracted to the fruit (green cat bird, satin bowerbird), provides for the larval stage of the fiery-jewel and black spotted flash butterflies and the sandal-box hawk moth.
Toxicity: Toxic if ingested
Origin: Australia
Notes: Aboriginal people ate the root of this plant.
Information sources: Beasley J. (2009) Plants of Cape York: The Compact Guide., Melzer R. & Plumb J. (2007) Plants of Capricornia., Townsend K. & the Society for Growing Australian Plant Townsville Branch Inc. (1994) Across the Top: Gardening with Australian Plants in the tropics.

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