• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Clerodendrum infortunatum L.
• Common name : Hill Glory Bower
• Vernacular name : Banth (Hindi); Naye Bela (Kannada); Bahandera (Sanskrit); Bommala marri, Bockada (Telugu); Bhuhasin, Sweta bhaunarmala, Badarsna, Anguti, Kunti, Madhevi (Oria); Peru gilai (Tamil)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Shaded places, hedges of forests
• Comments / notes : Frequent in northern Eastern Ghats, in shaded waste places and along streams
• Flower, Fruit : October-July
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, K. Sankara Rao & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 24/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0463
• Collection Locality : Chandaka WLS, Khurda district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, South China, Hainan, Philippine Islands, Sumatra, Java, Sarawak; often cultivated
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
• 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 viscosum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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