Glorybower |
Clerodendron rotundifolia? |
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Photographed west of Eldoret, Kenya. April 2013. Yet agan Bart Wursten pointed me towards the proper identification. Clerodendron Leaf Beetle |
LEAVES: Large and broadly elyptic leaves are soft textured, with a noticeably variegated surface and prominent veins below. Opposite on the stems. The plant and even some of the insects that eat the plant are toxic to mammals and birds. The bright red leaf beetle at left is probably quite toxic.
Lamiaceae -- Mint Family -- was in Verbenaceae -- Vervain Family
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