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Volkameria inermis
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Volkameria inermis, commonly known as Indian privet, seaside Clerodendrum and scrambling Clerodendrum amongst 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.[2]
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Botany
This is a shrub 1–4 metres, but it can grow into a tree with a height up to 10 m. It has woody, smooth stems. Its leaves are arranged alternately, each blade is elliptical with a length of 1.5–4 centimetres with a smooth surface and dark green on its underside.[3][2]
The flower is trumpet-shaped with white petals 1.5–4 cm long and long reddish or purple stamens. It grows in clusters each made of 3 to 7 of them joined at the base. Its fruit is round or egg-shaped with a length of 1 cm, it turns from green to black when ripe. When the fruit is dried up, it breaks into 4 lobes with thick corky walls. The tree flowers and bears fruit around the same time from July to December, the fruit ripen in March.[3][2]
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Uses
Its parts has many medical properties. The seeds and roots are used to treat venom from bitten by some fish and other marine animals.[3]
Gallery
- Flowers of Volkameria inermis. Guam
References
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