Scientific name: Clerodendrum paniculatum
Common name: Pagoda Flower
Family: Verbenaceae (Teak family, previously Lamiaceae)
Origin: Myanmar to South China and Southeast Asia.
Common name: Pagoda Flower
Chinese name: 赪桐 , 宝塔龙船花 (Bao da lung chuan hua or pagoda dragon boat flower ?),
龙船花 lung chuan hua (dragon boat flower)
Malay name: Panggil-panggil,* Pepanggil
龙船花 lung chuan hua (dragon boat flower)
Malay name: Panggil-panggil,* Pepanggil
Family: Verbenaceae (Teak family, previously Lamiaceae)
Origin: Myanmar to South China and Southeast Asia.
Photographs taken by at: The Lake Gardens of Kuala Lumpur
* Source: A Field Guid to Tropical Plants of Asia by David H. Engel and Suchart Phummai, a Marshall Cavendish 2007 Edition
This is my entry for Ruby Tuesday, thanks to Work of the Poet, the link is here.
I didn't know it's Malay name, always learn something new here.
ReplyDeletelovely flowers...visiting from Ruby Tuesday...Im your newest follower, hope you'll follow me back
ReplyDeletemine's here
http://lovingoutliving.blogspot.com/2011/04/summer-break.html
oh, gorgeous! i think i have seen this flower around here but in white. this color is simply beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMy Ruby link.
I didn't know this is what they call Pagoda flower until today. They're lovely! Hope you can visit my daughter's entry and mine too! Thanks! Happy RT!
ReplyDeleteThat plant is absolutely gorgeous!
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