Clerodendrum infortunatum
StarClerodendrum infortunatum
Synonyms: Volkameria infortunata, Clerodendrum viscosum var. helferi, Clerodendrum calycinum, Clerodendrum viscosum f. rubrum, Clerodendrum pubescens, Clerodendrum depauperatum, Clerodendrum philippinense, Clerodendrum cordatum, Clerodendrum vanoverberghii, Clerodendrum viscosum, Ovieda infortunata, Clerodendrum affine, Clerodendrum castaneifolium
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In Indian folk and Ayurvedic practice the bitter leaves and roots of Clerodendrum infortunatum are valued as a bitter tonic and antiperiodic; leaf infusions are given for fevers and malaria and for chest complaints with cough and asthma, while leaf paste and root preparations are applied to skin diseases and used against intestinal worms (Khare, 2007; Kirtikar & Basu, 1935).
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Botanical Description
Clerodendrum infortunatum (synonym C. viscosum), known as bhant or hill glory bower, is a soft-wooded shrub of the Lamiaceae growing to about one or two metres, native to the Indian subcontinent and widespread across India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. The stout, sparsely branched stems bear large, broadly ovate to heart-shaped leaves that are opposite, softly hairy and viscid, with a strong unpleasant smell when bruised and a bitter taste. Showy terminal panicles carry numerous white to pinkish flowers, each with a long slender tube, five spreading lobes and protruding stamens, the calyx often flushed purple-red. The fruit is a fleshy drupe that ripens bluish-black, seated on the persistent enlarged calyx. A common weed of wastelands, roadsides, forest clearings and fallow fields, it thrives in disturbed, sunny to lightly shaded ground.
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