• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Basionym : Siphonanthus indica L; Clerodendrum siphonanthus R.Br.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Clerodendrum indicum (L.) Kuntze
• Common name : Bowing Lady, India Tubeflower, Sky Rocket, Tubbeflower, Turk's Turbin
• Vernacular name : Nagri, Bhaunarmal, Jathia, Pudanargi (Oria); Barangi, Bharangi (Hindi); Hunjika (Telugu)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Dry forests
• Comments / notes : Cultivated in warmer parts of the world
• Flower, Fruit : June-November
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Bargarh district, Mayurbhanj district, Bolangir district, Ganjam district, Keonjhar district, Kalhandi district
• Native : Indo-China
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia, Nepal, China, Myanmar
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Clerodendrum indicum. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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