- Pronunciation: clair-oh-DEN-drum flor-ee-BUN-dum
- Common Name: Lolly Bush, Lottery Tree, Smooth Clerodendrum.
- Type: Shrub/Tree
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Size: to 10 metres
- Flowers: White in cymes from Leaf Axil or Terminal. Perfumed. Spring, summer.
- Fruit: Drupe, black, globular, Lobed, seated in red Calyx.
- Vegetation Type: Seacoast,
- Species List: FI Podberscek, NNP service road, Fraser Island, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Boreen Point, NNP Tanglewood, Kin Kin Scrub, Dandaloo, Stratford Park, Heritage Park,
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:
Sticks used for producing fire by friction. Aborigines knew Water could be found where these trees grew.
Bush medicine: Wood decoction drunk for aches and pains.
Identification Notes
Branchlets and petioles often purplish.
Leaves often purple below on juvenile plants. Stipules absent.
Landscaping Notes
Grown for both the fragrant flowers and colourful Fruit.
Propagation is from Seed, ripening December-March, or from tip or root cuttings. It will grow in sun or semi-shade with an abundance of Water. Prune regularly to obtain a bushy shape. Easy to grow.
Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.
