• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Basionym : Volkameria serrata L.
• Synonym(s) : Cyclonema serratum (L.) Hochst.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rotheca serrata (L.) Steane & Mabb.
• Common name : Bharangi, Blue flowered glory tree, Beetle killer
• Vernacular name : Barangi (Hindi); Gantabharangi (Kannada); Bharngi (Sanskrit); Bharang (Marathi); Samarkand, Tirkatia, Budagocha, Budarasana, Penjura (Oria); Gantu bharangi (Telugu); Cheruthekku, Kankabharnni, Kantani, Kattuppadappa, Kurukkutti, Napalu, Perikilam (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Degraded scrub forests; Moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m,especially on cleared slopes.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R & Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 13/09/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-43
• Collection Locality : Melpatti, Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district
  • Telangana : Mehboobnagar district, Adilabad district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Dindigul district, Namakkal district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South and Central China, Indonesia, Himalayas, Myanmar, Malesia to Indonesia, Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
• 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 serratum var. serratum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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