Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:637. 1753
Verified:
09/01/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Japanese Rōmaji
ibota-kusagi – Transcribed Chinese
ku lang shu –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Andhra Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Gujarat | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Karnataka | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Kerala | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Madhya Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Maharashtra | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Odisha | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Rajasthan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tamil Nadu | incl. Rameswaram island |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | India | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Indochina | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Jawa | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Kalimantan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Maluku | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Sumatera | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | Johor | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | Melaka | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | Pahang | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | Perak | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | Sabah | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | Sarawak | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | Selangor | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Cagayan Valley (Region II) | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Luzon | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Mindanao | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Mindoro | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | Panay | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Indonesia | Papua | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Solomon Islands | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | n.e. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | n. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Northern Mariana Islands | |
1 | Native | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Kyushu (s.), Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, India [Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu (incl. Rameswaram island), West Bengal], Sri Lanka
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PAPUASIA:
Indonesia [Papua], Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
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INDO-CHINA:
Indochina, India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Kalimantan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sumatera], Malaysia [Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Johor, Melaka, Pahang, Perak], Philippines [Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Cagayan Valley (Region II), Eastern Visayas (Region VIII), Panay, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao]
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales (n.e.), Northern Territory (n.), Queensland]
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Marshall Islands, United States [Northern Mariana Islands]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | erosion control | fide F Viti, as Clerodendrum inerme; F Ceylon, as Clerodendrum inerme | Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. |
Medicines | folklore | fide F ChinaEng, as Clerodendrum inerme; F Ceylon, as Clerodendrum inerme | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=423862.
Accessed 30 April 2025.