Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon
Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon
Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon
Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon
Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon
MS081 : Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 401 |
| Synonym | : | Rotheca serrata(L.)Steane & Mabb.;
Clerodendrum bracteosum Kostel.;
Clerodendrum cuneatum Turcz.;
Clerodendrum divaricatum Jack.;
Clerodendrum grandifolium Salisb.;
Clerodendrum herbaceum Roxb. ex Schauer.;
Clerodendrum javanicum Walp., nom. illeg.;
Clerodendrum macrophyllum Sims.;
Clerodendrum ornatum Wall., nom. nud.;
Clerodendrum serratum f. lacteum Moldenke.;
Clerodendrum serratum var. amplexifolium Moldenke.;
Clerodendrum serratum var. glabrescens Moldenke.;
Clerodendrum serratum var. herbaceum (Roxb. ex Schauer) C.Y.Wu.;
Clerodendrum serratum var. nepalense Moldenke.;
Clerodendrum serratum var. obovatum Moldenke.;
Clerodendrum serratum var. pilosum Moldenke.;
Clerodendrum serratum var. velutinum Moldenke.;
Clerodendrum serratum var. wallichii C.B.Clarke.;
Clerodendrum ternifolium D.Don, nom. illeg.;
Clerodendrum trifoliatum Steud.;
Cyclonema serratum (L.) Hochst.;
Ovieda bracteosa (Kostel.) Baill.;
Rotheca bicolor Raf.;
Rotheca ternifolia Raf.;
Volkameria herbacea Roxb., nom. inval.;
Volkameria serrata L.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K-Bharangi, Blue Fountain Bush Hindi: Bharangi Manipuri: Moirang khanam Marathi: Bharangi Tamil: Sirutekku Malayalam: Cherutekku Telugu: Gantubarangi Kannada: Gantabarangi Gujarati: Bharangi Nepali: Andekhi, Akhandi |
| Plant Family | : | Verbenaceae |
| Description | : | A shrub or an undershrub with woody root stock, young branches quadrangular. Leaves have a foetid smell, oblong-ovate or elliptic oblong, coarsely serrate, acuminate, coriaceous, deep green. Flowers light red with tinge of violate in cyme inflorescence. Bracts persistant, corolla lobes 4, older one longer than the others. Fruit is drupe and become black when ripe. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is commonly used in traditional medicine as a poultice for skin diseases, yaws, headache, leprosy and persistent fever. It is an ingredient of an embrocation for stiff joints. The dried leaves, roots or stems enter in various prescriptions for haemorrhoids. A decoction of leaves and/or stem is used as a carminative, and to relieve fevers and chronic headache. The pounded leaves are applied externally in various prescriptions for cephalalgia, ophthalmia skin infections, rheumatism and painful joints. A decoction of the stem is used as an anti-malarial and to relieve abdominal pain. A decoction of the fruit is given to relieve colic. Ripe and unripe fruits are chewed with the leaves of Piper betle for treating coughs. The wood is considered diuretic. The root is considered antiemetic. It is used in medicine for treating fevers, rheumatism and dyspepsia. The flowers are consumed during labour. The seeds are used to some extent for treating oedema. It is traditionally valued and reported for treating pain, inflammation, rheumatism, respiratory disorders, fever and malarial fever. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: alpha-spinasterol; (+)catechin; luteolin; apigenin; baicalein; scutellarein; 6-hydroxyluteolin; caffeic acid; ferulic acid; arabinose; glucuronic acid; oleanolic acid; queretaroic acid; beta-sitosterol;
D-mannitol; Serratagenic acid; Ursolic acid; Stigmasterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (12): Beta-sitosterol; Apigenin; Luteolin; Catechin; Ursolic Acid; Oleanolic Acid; Baicalein; Scutellarein; Stigmasterol; alpha-Spinasterol; Caffeic acid; Ferulic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Blue%20Fountain%20Bush.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Rotheca+serrata
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230971
- http://www.phytojournal.com/vol3Issue5/Issue_jan_2015/11.1.pdf
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874114002785?via%3Dihub |
| Reference | : | ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID : ~ Omolola Temitope Fatokun, Tosin Ejiro Wojuola, Kevwe Benefit Esievo and Oluyemisi Folashade Kunle; "Medicinal plants used in the management of Asthma: A review"; EJPMR (2016); 3(7): 82-92 PMID : ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Verbenaceae - Verbena family |
| Genus | : Clerodendrum |
| Species | : Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon |