貓鬚草又名腎茶 Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C. Y. Wu ex H. W. Li

貓鬚草草本植物，雄蕊似貓鬚，也可以用於園藝觀賞用。

貓鬚草基本資料

貓鬚草 Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C. Y. Wu ex H. W. Li
唇形科 Lamiaceae
腎茶屬 Clerodendranthus
中文別名：貓鬚草，腎茶、腎草
英文名：Java Tea，Cat’s-whiskers ，Cat’s moustache
多年生常綠草本，莖葉藥用，能幫助身體排出多餘水分，開花和結果同樣是5至11月。

了解貓鬚草多一點點 :

• 植物特性：貓鬚草是唇形科多年生草本，高度可達1公尺以上。枝幹堅脆，大風容易吹折，需避風栽植。
• 觀賞性：長伸的花蕊形似貓鬚，饒富趣味而具有觀賞性，常種植於藥草園或庭園作為觀賞植物。
• The plant can be used in gardening. It’s perennial herbs or sub-shrub-like. For medical use, its suggested to be harvested before flowers blooming, cut stem leaves, sun-dried till almost dried, strapped into bunch.
• Flowering and fruiting period during the period of May to November.
• It prefers full sun or at most filtered solar light and well drained soils rich of organic substance, slightly acidic to slightly alkaline, as it does not like long drought periods