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Clerodendrum indicum

Clerodendrum indicum is a semideciduous, perennial plant with stems that are sometimes herbaceous but more often become woody, with the plant adopting the habit of a shrub or a small tree. Growing from an aggressively suckering, stoloniferous rootstock, the plant can be up to 3 metres tall, the stems usually very straight or arching, mostly unbranched, hollow.

Uses

Asthma, Skin problems, Coughs, Syphilitic rheumatism, Abdominal tumors, Tuberculosis, Chronic respiratory disorder, Jaundice, Disorder of liver, Joint pain, Headache, Worm infetsation, Digestive fire.

Parts Used

Seeds, stem, leaves, Root.

Chemical Composition

^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	angaravalli, baaleya, bangaali bhaarangi
Hindi	barangi, chingari
Malayalam	cerutekku
Tamil	isangu, kavalai, kovalai, narivalai
Telugu	bhaarangi, bharangi
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	bhargi, bharngi, brahmanyastika, phangi
English	Tubeflower, Turk's-Turban, Sky Rocket, Bowing Lady

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Paripinnate	Oblong	Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	pink		Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
oblong pod	Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled			seeds upto 5	Fruiting throughout the year

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Root cuttings

How to plant/cultivate

Succeeds in a moderately to very sunny position in ordinary garden soil^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

tropical region, Temperate region, hammocks.

Photo Gallery

Habitus
Inflorescence
Flowers
Fruit

References

↑ ["Chemistry"]
↑ [ "Morphology"]
↑ "Cultivation detail"

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] ["Chemistry"]

[Leaf-2] [ "Morphology"]

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] "Cultivation detail"

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-'''Clerodendrum indicum''' is a semideciduous, perennial plant with stems that are sometimes herbaceous but more often become woody, with the plant adopting the habit of a shrub or a small trre. Growing from an aggressively suckering, stoloniferous rootstock, the plant can be up to 3 metres tall, the stems usually very straight or arching, mostly unbranched, hollow.
+'''Clerodendrum indicum''' is a semideciduous, perennial plant with stems that are sometimes herbaceous but more often become woody, with the plant adopting the habit of a shrub or a small tree. Growing from an aggressively suckering, stoloniferous rootstock, the plant can be up to 3 metres tall, the stems usually very straight or arching, mostly unbranched, hollow.
 ==Uses==