Harlequin Glorybower, Peanut Butter Tree                kle-ro-DEN-drum tri-ko-TO-mum

• Broadleaf deciduous shrub/tree, coarse, 10-20 ft (3-6 m).  Leaves simple, opposite, 10-23 cm x 5-10 cm, ovate to elliptic, tip acuminate, base wedge-shaped to truncate, margin entire (usually), dark green, soft hairy, when bruised they have the odor of peanut butter.  Flowers white, appear in late summer and early fall, fragrant; showy red calyxes cover small, and ultimately, bright blue fruit.
• Sun to part shade.  Best in a deep, light, well drained soil.  May freeze back in cold winters.  Suckers freely.
• Hardy to USDA Zone (7)8     Native to Eastern China and Japan
• Clerodendrum: from the Greek, klero, chance, and dendron, tree (some are tree-like), alluding to the unpredictable medicinal properties of plants in this genus.    trichotomum: branching into three.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: east side of Women's Center.