Clerodendrum trichotomum is a large shrub, native to China

China

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 and Japan

Japan

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It grows to about 3 metres high. The leaves are ovate, up to 12 cm long, soft and downy or hairy. The flowers are borne on branching peduncle

Peduncle (botany)

In botany, a peduncle is a stem supporting an inflorescence, or after fecundation, an infructescence.The peduncle is a stem, usually green and without leaves, though sometimes colored or supporting small leaves...

s. They have white petals, held within a brown calyx. The fruits are bright blue drupe

Drupe

In botany, a drupe is a fruit in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a shell of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries...

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It is cultivated for its fragrant flowers, autumn colour, and ornamental berries.