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Pagoda flower (Clerodendrum paniculatum)

Description

The pagoda flower, (Clerodendrum paniculatum), also known as Hanuman kireetam in Hindi and Lal Vandir in Bengali, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clerodendrum.It is native to tropical Asia and Papuasia southern China including Taiwan, Indochina, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Philippines, Bismarck Archipelago. It is reportedly naturalized in India, Fiji, French Polynesia, and Central America

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Lamiales

            • Family: Lamiaceae

              • Genus: Clerodendrum