Clerodendrum thomsoniae is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clerodendrum of the family Lamiaceae, native to tropical west Africa from Cameroon west to Senegal. It is an evergreen liana growing to 4 m 13 ft tall, with ovate to oblong leaves 8ââ¬â17 cm 3ââ¬â7 in cm long. The flowers are produced in cymes of 8ââ¬â20 together, each flower with a pure white to pale purple five-lobed calyx 2.5 cm in diameter, and a red five-lobed corolla 2 cm long and in diameter. The flowers are born in cymose inflorescences arising from the axils of the leaves. The leaves, in turn, are arranged opposite to each other and at right angles to the pairs above and below.
An unambiguous common name is bleeding glory-bower; terms like `glory-bower`, `bagflower` or `bleeding-heart vine` are also often encountered but can refer to any of the roughly 400 species of Clerodendrum. In some regions it has escaped from cultivation and become naturalised.
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