What kind of vine is Bleeding Heart Glorybower (Clerodendrum thomsoniae)?

Other Names for Bleeding Heart Glorybower

Mali, Zhenzhu Baota (Pearl Pagoda)

Morphological Characteristics of Bleeding Heart Glorybower

A climbing shrub, 2-5 m tall; young branches four-angled, covered with yellowish-brown short tomentum, hairless when old, the pith of young branchlets loose when young and hollow when old.

Leaves papery, narrowly ovate or ovate-oblong, 4-10 cm long, 1.5-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base nearly rounded, margin entire, surface covered with small wart-like hairs, slightly rough, abaxial surface nearly hairless, basal veins three; petiole 1-2 cm long.

Cymes axillary or pseudoterminal, dichotomously branched. Calyx white, connate at the base, swollen in the middle, with 5 ridged angles, apex 5-parted deeply, externally covered with fine hairs, lobes triangular-ovate. Corolla deep red, forming a sharp color contrast with the white calyx, visually striking.

Growth Habits of Bleeding Heart Glorybower

Bleeding Heart Glorybower prefers a warm, humid, semi-shaded environment with ample sunlight, and is not cold-tolerant.

Main Value of Bleeding Heart Glorybower

Ornamental: It is a beautiful ornamental plant; when in bloom, the deep red corolla extends from within the white calyx, resembling spitting pearls.  The flower shape is peculiar and the blooming is abundant.

Medicinal: To treat postpartum abdominal pain with bleeding: take two liang (100 g) of fresh Bleeding Heart Glorybower, place in a pot, spray with wine and stir-fry, spraying and stir-frying repeatedly until slightly scorched, then add a handful of edible rice and decoct in water to take.

To treat snake and insect bites: take four liang (200 g) of dried Bleeding Heart Glorybower, soak in twenty liang (1,000 g) of wine (usable after two weeks). Apply the medicine to the wound and also take a small cup of this wine orally.

Flower Language of Bleeding Heart Glorybower

Precious and pure, warm-hearted within