Identifying Clerodendrum Species: Peanut Butter Plant and Red-White-Blue Plant

Two Common Clerodendrums

• Clerodendrum bungei – "Peanut Butter Plant": leaves smell like peanut butter when crushed.
• Clerodendrum trichotomum – "Red, White and Blue Plant": white flowers, red petal-like calyces, blue fruit.

Butterflies love both, but both can be invasive.

Clerodendron bungei

Clerodendron trichotomum

Clerodendron trichotomum fruit