Clerodendrum umbellatumPoir.

umbel clerodendrum

WFO wfo-0000887447 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Clerodendrum umbellatum, photographed by Jean-Paul Boerekamps
fig. a Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0 1.0 / 2021-12-16 / obs. 174837825

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
01026574
Filed as
Clerodendrum umbellatum Poir.
Det. by
H. N. Moldenke 1981-09-01
Collected
A. H. Liogier 1980-02-12
Origin
PR
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Clerodendrum umbellatum is native: Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda BeninBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKenyaLiberiaNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUganda
Native distribution of Clerodendrum umbellatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Benin BEN AFRICA
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Clerodendrum congense Engl.
  • Clerodendrum cordifolium (Hochst.) A.Rich.
  • Clerodendrum fuscum var. lanceolatum Moldenke
  • Clerodendrum hirsutum G.Don
  • Clerodendrum scandens P.Beauv.
  • Clerodendrum scandens var. asperifolium B.Thomas
  • Clerodendrum scandens var. speciosum B.Thomas
  • Clerodendrum simplex G.Don
  • Clerodendrum subreniforme Gürke
  • Clerodendrum umbellatum f. scandens (P.Beauv.) Moldenke
  • Clerodendrum umbellatum var. speciosum Moldenke
  • Volkameria cordifolia Hochst.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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