Clerodendrum quadriloculare

Clerodendrum quadriloculare (known as bronze-leaved Clerodendrum, fireworks plant[2][3], Philippine glorybower, shooting star, or starburst bush[3] in English and bagawak or bagawak morado[2][3] in Filipino) is a species of flowering plant native to New Guinea and the Philippines. It is one of many species previously included in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, but transferred to the Lamiaceae based on molecular studies.[1][4][5][6]

Clerodendrum quadriloculare
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Clerodendrum
Species:	C. quadriloculare
Binomial name
Clerodendrum quadriloculare (Blanco) Merr.
Synonyms[1]
Ligustrum quadriloculare Blanco Clerodendrum blancoanum Fern.-Vill. Clerodendrum navesianum Vidal

The plants produce flowers which, while looking good in a garden, can be a pest to eradicate.

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  In bloom at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
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  Seedlings
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  Close-up of a C. quadriculare flower

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Rojo, Justo P. (1999). Revised Lexicon of Philippine Trees. Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines: Forest Products Research and Development Institute, Department of Science and Technology. ISBN 9716260024.
3. Marciano, Marietta R., ed. (2012). Philippine Native Trees 101: Up Close and Personal. Green Convergence for Safe Food, Healthy Environment and Sustainable Economy, & Hortica Filipina Foundation, Inc. ISBN 978-971-95469-0-0.
4. Cantino, P.D., Harley, R.M. & Wagstaff, S.J. 1992. Genera of Labiatae: status and classification. Pp. 511-522. In: Raymond M. Harley and Tom Reynolds (editors). Advances in Labiate Science. Richmond, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
5. Steven J. Wagstaff, Laura Hickerson, Russ Spangler, Patrick A. Reeves, and Richard G. Olmstead. 1998. "Phylogeny in Labiatae s.l., inferred from cpDNA sequences". Plant Systematics and Evolution 209(3-4):265-274.
6. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk