Volkameria inermisL.

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WFO wfo-0000333685 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Volkameria inermis, photographed by Sandipan Das
fig. a Sandipan Das, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-01 / obs. 202433831
Volkameria inermis, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. b Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202950102
Volkameria inermis, photographed by Paolo Co
fig. c Paolo Co, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190580165
Volkameria inermis, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190617723
Volkameria inermis, photographed by 葉子
fig. e 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190618246
Volkameria inermis, photographed by 葉子
fig. f 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 191596105
Volkameria inermis, photographed by 葉子
fig. g 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 191582190
Volkameria inermis, photographed by 葉子
fig. h 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190294312

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Native range 45 botanical countries

Regions where Volkameria inermis is native: China Southeast, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Caroline Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Marianas, Marshall Is., Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is. China SoutheastJapanTaiwanBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNew South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandFijiNew Caledonia Nansei-shotoAndaman Is.Laccadive Is.MaldivesNicobar Is.South China SeaCaroline Is.MarianasMarshall Is.NauruNiueSamoaTongaTuvaluVanuatuWallis-Futuna Is.
Native distribution of Volkameria inermis, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laccadive Is. LDV
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maldives MDV
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
South China Sea SCS
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Fiji FIJ
Gilbert Is. GIL
Marianas MRN
Marshall Is. MRS
Nauru NRU
New Caledonia NWC
Niue NUE
Samoa SAM
Tonga TON
Tuvalu TUV
Vanuatu VAN
Wallis-Futuna Is. WAL
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Japan JAP
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Northern Territory NTA
Queensland QLD

Not drawn on the map: Gilbert Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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.

Flowering 245 in flower of 284 examined

Peak flowering in Nov. Each bar is the share of Volkameria inermis observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 245 of 284 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 22 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 buxifolium (Willd.) Spreng.
  • Clerodendrum capsulare Blanco
  • Clerodendrum commersonii (Poir.) Spreng.
  • Clerodendrum coriaceum Poir.
  • Clerodendrum coromandelianum Spreng.
  • Clerodendrum emarginatum Briq.
  • Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn.
  • Clerodendrum inerme f. parvifolium Moldenke
  • Clerodendrum inerme var. macrocarpum (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) Moldenke
  • Clerodendrum inerme var. neriifolium Kurz
  • Clerodendrum inerme var. oceanicum A.Gray
  • Clerodendrum javanicum Spreng.
  • Clerodendrum nereifolium (Roxb.) Wall. ex Steud.
  • Clerodendrum neriifolium var. macrocarpum Wall. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Clerodendrum ovalifolium (A.Juss.) Bakh.
  • Clerodendrum ovatum Poir.
  • Ovieda inermis (L.) Burm.f.
  • Ovieda ovalifolia A.Juss.
  • Vitex pinnata f. anomala Moldenke
  • Volkameria buxifolia Willd.
  • Volkameria commersonii Poir.
  • Volkameria nereifolia Roxb.

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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol CLIN2. public domain. 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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