Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Clerodendrum infortunatum
Scientific Name and Description
Clerodendrum infortunatum L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Clerodendron attenuatum
Clerodendrum viscosum Vent.
Clerodendrum calycinum Turcz.
Clerodendrum viscosum Vent.
Clerodendrum calycinum Turcz.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | bhant, bhat, ghato, motia, thunera,Bhant, Jangli Jhau |
| Kannada | basavanapada, bawanapada, garike, ibbane, ittai, ittevu, parale, pareke, parele |
| Malayalam | peragu, perugu, peruku, peruvelam, peruvellam, piraku, vattaperivalam, vattaperuvellam, vattapperu |
| Sanskrit | barhibarha, barhichuda, bhandi, bhandira, bhantaka, bhanti, granthiparna, harita, kiravarnaka, kukkura, mayurachuda, shirnaroma, shirnaromaka, shukabarha, shukachhada, shukapuchhaka, sthauneyaka, sthouneyam, vikacha, vikirnaroma, vikirnasanjna, Bhant |
| Tamil | carasvatiyilai, karukanni, karukkankanni, karukkanni, perugilai, perukilai, pumanca, vellaikkanni,Nir val |
| Telugu | basavanapadu, baswanapadu, bockada, bogada, bokkada, bokkudu, chirmabusi, cinnabusi, gurrapugatteaku, gurrapukattiyaku, gurrapukkattiyaku, guruja, mandukabrahmi, mandukabrahmmi, mangalagiddi, papa, pidugudu, sarasvatiaku, sarasvatiyaku |
| Common Names | Asian bush clerodendron, Unglückspflanze, bhat hill glory bower |
| Marathi | Bhant |
| Bengali | Bhant |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Clerodendrum infortunatum L. Shrub to small tree Leaves, root Wounds and cuts; scabies; skin disease; antibaterial; diarrhoea; dysentery; food poisoning; effective against tape worm; hook worm infections; amoebic dysentery; for easy delivery General; pregnant women Bhat et al. 2014, Harsha et al.2003, Pushpangadan and Atal 1984
References
Literature
Literature
Bhat et al. 2014,
Harsha et al.2003
Pushpangadan and Atal 1984
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhw
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Clerodendrum infortunatum. (2023, March 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerodendrum_infortunatum