Common name: Hill Glory Bower • Hindi: Titabhamt, भांट Bhant • Manipuri: Kuthap manbi • Marathi: भंडीरा Bhandira • Tamil: Perukilai • Malayalam: Peruku • Telugu: Gurrapu katilyaku • Kannada: Ibbane, Basavana pada • Bengali: Bhant • Sanskrit: Bhandirah • Nepali: राजबेली Rajbeli
Botanical name: Clerodendrum viscosum Family: Verbenaceae (Verbena family) Synonyms: Clerodendrum infortunatum, Volkameria infortunata
Hill glory bower is a gregarious shrub, 1-2 m high. The quadrangular
branches are covered with sily yellwish hair. Oppositely arranged
leaves are oval, 10-20 cm long, hairy. The base of the leaf is
heart-shaped. White flowers, tinged with pink, occur in large
panicles. The five white petals are tinged pink at the base. Four long
stamens, 3 cm, protrude out of the flower. Flowering: March-April.
Medicinal uses: Extract of the leaves is given orally in fever
and bowel troubles in the Kuki and Rongmei tribes in the North-East
India. Fresh leaf-juice is introduced in the rectum for removal of
ascarids. Leaves and flowers are used to cure scorpion sting.
Identification credit: Rahul Prabhu Khanolkar
| Photographed in Maharashtra and Belgaon, Karnataka. |
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