MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS082 : Clerodendrum viscosum Vent. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 402 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Rare | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Verbenaceae | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Clerodendrum infortunatum L. Clerodendrum calycinum Turcz. Ovieda infortunata (L.) Baill. Volkameria infortunata (L.) Roxb. |
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| 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. | |||||||||||||
| Curated 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 : | 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 |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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