Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_clerodendrum_chinense
Chinese Glorybower
Clerodendrum chinense
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About Chinese Glorybower
An upright shrub or subshrub with hairy, roughly square stems and large, broadly ovate leaves with broad heart-shaped bases and coarse teeth. Dense terminal clusters carry fragrant white or pink flowers with red-to-purple calyces. Both double-flowered and single-flowered forms occur; the plate depicts the common double-flowered form. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Clerodendrum chinense
- Common names
- Chinese glorybower
- Other names
- Clerodendrum chinense · Chinese glorybower
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Represent one coherent double-flowered form; omit fruit and seeds from the plate rather than adding reproductive structures from single-flowered plants.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; subshrub or shrub
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- An upright shrub or subshrub with hairy, roughly square stems and large, broadly ovate leaves with broad heart-shaped bases and coarse teeth. Dense terminal clusters carry fragrant white or pink flowers with red-to-purple calyces. Both double-flowered and single-flowered forms occur; the plate depicts the common double-flowered form. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.