Synonym: Clerodendrum inerme
Family: Verbenaceae
English name: Glory Bower genus
Chamorro: Lodugao
Chuukese name: Ulo, Apuoch, Etiu, Pucherik
Kosraen name: Kwacwak
Pohnpeian name: Ilau
Yapese name: I'ruch
Location collected: Kapingamarangi Village
Date collected: November 28, 1998
Collected by: Brigeen Perman
Vegetative characteristics:
Habit: shrub or woody climber, low-land vegetation
Leaf shape and morphology: Ovate, Opposite
Floral characteristics: white, five petals 3.5-5.5 cm long (not including the stamens), four purple stamens excerted 1.5-3 cm long beyond the coralla, a pistil with a split end, umbel pedicles join at a single point on the peduncle.
Used as local medicine in both Kosrae and Pohnpei for a variety of ailments. Known to be used in Samoa as a local medicine as well (Samoan Herbal Medicine, Whistler).
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