Clerodendrum viscosum Vent.
Clerodendrum viscosum Vent.
Clerodendrum viscosum Vent.
Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 402 |
Synonym | : | Clerodendrum infortunatum L.;
Clerodendrum calycinum Turcz.;
Ovieda infortunata (L.) Baill.;
Volkameria infortunata (L.) Roxb.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Bhandira, Hill Glory Bower • Hindi: Titabhamt, Bhant • Manipuri: Kuthap manbi • Marathi: Bhandira • Tamil: Perukilai • Malayalam: Peruku • Telugu: Gurrapu katilyaku • Kannada: Ibbane, Basavana pada • Bengali: Bhant • Sanskrit: Bhandirah • Nepali: Rajbeli • Nepali: Raajbeli, Chitu, Bhentaa |
Plant Family | : | Verbenaceae |
Description | : | Large shrubs or small trees ca. 4 m tall. Branchlets quadrangular, fulvous tomentose. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 2.5-8 cm long , terete, fulvous tomentose; lamina 7-17 (-23) x 7.5- 15 cm, broad elliptic-ovate or suborbicular, apex acuminate, base cordate, margin entire or dentate, subcoriaceous, fulvous tomentose; midrib raised with tomentose above; 5-7-nerved at base; secondary nerves ca. 2-3 pairs; tertiary nerves distantly and horizontally percurrent. Inflorescence terminal panicle, up to 18 cm long, fulvous pubescent; flowers zygomorphic, white. Drupe, black, nearly globose seated on enlarged pinkish accrescent calyx. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Cold; Extract of the leaves is given orally in fever and bowel troubles. Fresh leaf-juice is introduced in the rectum for removal of ascarids. Leaves and flowers are used to cure scorpion sting. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: clerodendroside; lupeol; benzoic acid; beta-sitosterol; clerosterol; clerodolone; clerodone; oleic acid; stearic acid; lignoceric acid; glucuronide; gallic acid; cabruvin; quercetin; palmitic acid; linoleic acid; Clerodin; hentriacontane; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5): Lupeol; Beta-sitosterol; Quercetin; Palmitic acid; Gallic Acid; |
Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/9592
- http://www.ebbd.info/clerodendrum_viscosum.html
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Hill%20Glory%20Bower.html
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25825067 |
Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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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 viscosum Vent. |