• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (VERBENA OR VERVAIN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Lamiaceae
• Species : Clerodendrum serratum
• Variety : serratum
• Basionym : Volkameria serrata L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rotheca serrata (L.) Steane & Mabb.
• Vernacular name : Barangi (Hin.); Gantabharangi (Kan.); gantu bhanrangi (Tel.); Samarkand, Tirkatia, Budagocha, Buda-rasana, Penjura (Ori.); Bharngi (San.)
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-43
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R. & K.R.K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 13/09/14
• Collection Locality : Way to Melpatti, Javadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu State
• Habitat : Degraded scrub forest
• Habit : Shrub
• Flower, Fruit : June-February
• Comments : On hills above 1000 m, especially on cleared slopes in moist forests and grasslands.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district) (Tamil Nadu State); Kadapa district, Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Galikonda Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Bison Hills (East Godavari district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Manchippa Range (Mehbubnagar district) (Telangana State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalaya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal, South China, Indo-China, Malaysia, Indonesia; Probably introduced into Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Clerodendrum serratum var. serratum. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Field Images