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Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants |
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Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants |
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 (Photo credit: copyright © 2001 by Shirley Denton, from Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants; used with permission) |
 (Photo credit: copyright © 2001 by Shirley Denton, from Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants; used with permission) |
| Other names: | lau'awa, Clerodendrum fallax, C. speciosissimum |
| Description: | Shrub 5-12' tall, with opposite 12" downy leaves, bright red-orange flowers in erect pagoda-shaped masses, and fleshy 4-lobed blue-black fruits. |
| Risk areas: | Dry to moist disturbed areas at low elevations. |
| WARNING: | This Clerodendrum is capable of spreading both from its bird-dispersed fruits and from root suckers. |