What does a clarodendron tree look like?

Answer 1

Native to China and Japan, this clerodendrum is a coarse, sometimes unkempt, deciduous shrub or small tree that grows 10-20’ tall. It is most often seen as a suckering shrub. It must be trained to grow as a tree and is rarely seen growing in that form. As an ornamental, this shrub is perhaps best noted for its late summer flowers, showy fruit and malodorous foliage. Tubular, fragrant, white flowers in long-peduncled cymes (to 6-9” across) bloom in the upper leaf axils from late summer into fall. Flowers are followed by small bright blue fruits, each subtended by a fleshy red calyx. Opposite, toothed to entire, ovate, dark green leaves (to 5-8” long) produce no fall color. When bruised, the leaves do produce a unique aroma reminiscent of peanut butter as memorialized by the sometimes used common name of peanut butter tree for this plant. Harlequin glorybower is a more frequently used common name. Clerodendrum comes from the Greek words klero (fate) and dendron (tree), hence the infrequently used common name of fate tree.

Answer 2

Actually you have the word misspelled, so it would be difficult to find a picture. It's Clerodendrum, and you can find many images if you Google it under "images". There are 400 different kinds of Clerodendrums - tropical herbs, vines, shrubs, and trees - and many have wonderfully fragrant flowers. Even though they are tropical, several can be grown in areas with colder Winters, like the Pacific Northwest. The trees often have a stereotypical tree shape, like a child might draw. They are deciduous and the leaves very in shape and size. Some of the trees are large, and some grow like bushes, and can either be kept that shape or cut to a tree shape. They all tend to create suckers. But they are real beauties and delightfully fragrant, with the scent often floating lightly on the evening breeze during warm seasons.

Answer 3

Actually you do have it spelled correctly. I have a cluster of trees that have evolved from the first one I planted. They are beautiful with shiney big green leaves and beautiful orange flowers.