November 5, 2011

Pointing up ...

Scientific name: Clerodendrum colebrookianum
East Indian Glory Bower is a shrub or small tree. The species is found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia. It reaches upto 3 m high and is ever green. Young branches are 4 angled, leaves simple and opposite. Flowers are white and borne in 4-6 branched corymbose cymes at the end of branches. Inflorescence loosely cymose or capitate. The fruits are beautiful blue-green, becoming black when dry. Though it is found in North East India, this particular flowerwas shot at Mysore, just opposite to CSRTI, Mysore, for which i am thankful to my colleague, who took me to this shrub in the afternoon of 29th August 2011.

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