• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
• Synonym(s) : Ovieda infortunata (L.) Baill.; Volkameria infortunata (L.) Roxb.; Clerodendrum affine Griff.; Clerodendrum calycinum Turcz.; Clerodendrum castaneifolium Klotzsch; Clerodendrum cordatum D.Don; Clerodendrum depauperatum Wall. ex Steud.; Clerodendrum infortunatum Gaertn.; Clerodendrum philippinense Elmer; Clerodendrum pubescens Lindl.; Clerodendrum vanoverberghii Merr.; Clerodendrum viscosum var. helferi Moldenke; Clerodendrum viscosum f. rubrum Moldenke
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Clerodendrum infortunatum L.
• Common name : Hill Glory Bower
• Vernacular name :
  • Banth (Hindi)
  • Naye Bela, Basavana pada (Kannada)
  • Bahandera (Sanskrit)
  • Bommala marri, Bockada (Telugu)
  • Bhuhasin, Sweta bhaunarmala, Badarsna, Anguti, Kunti, Madhevi (Oria)
  • Peru gilai (Tamil)
  • Paragu, Perivelam, Periyilam, Peruku, Peruvu, Vattapparuvalam (Malayalam)
  • Bhant (Bengali)
  • Raajbeli (Nepali)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Shaded places, hedges of forests
• Comments / notes : Roots and juice of plant used medicinally; Frequent in northern Eastern Ghats, in shaded waste places and along streams
• Key identification features : Flowers pubescent, white, pink tinged. Drupe black
• Flower, Fruit : October-July
• Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page; S.R.Ramesh
• Collection Date : 24-02-2016, 10-06-1978
• Collection Nos : HJCB 0463, KFP 1226
• Collection Locality : Chandaka Sanctuary, Odisha; Mercara, Kodagu district
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Chikkamagaluru district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Thane district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Jharkhand :
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 317
  • Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI: 557
  • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 219
  • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 265
  • Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Clerodendrum viscosum. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.

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