Re: Peanut butter bush

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• To: woodyplants@mallorn.com
• Subject: Re: Peanut butter bush
• From: "* L* P* <d*@olympus.net>
• Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 06:08:31 -0800
• References: <199711061734.RAA24591@mail.iol.ie>

Mark Speakman wrote:
> 
> markspkn@iol.ie
> Galway, Ireland.
> 
> A friend wrote asking whether I'd heard of this. Can anyone help. I imagine
> it's a clerodendrum as opposed to a Clarodendron, but couldn't put my hand
> on
> any information for him. Does it ring a bell with anyone ? Botanical name ?
> Cultivation details ?
> Mark
> 
> Got some cuttings the other day from an elderly lady, she called her bush
> a "peanut butter bush", identified I think as a Claradendron. Is that
> familiar to you in Ireland? First time I saw it here in Oregon.
> Beautifull white cluster blooms with unique green and teal berries.  When
> rubbed, the foliage does smell like peanut butter! Large bush, 10X10 ft.

Clerodendron trichotomum.  Grows to 10-15 feet.  Also a variety called
C.t.fargesii, which has smooth leaves and is smaller.
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