Clerodendrum infortunatum L.
Common Name: Hill Glory Bower
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Clerodendrum
Species: infortunatum
Malayalam Name: Peruku, Perivelam, Periyilam
Tamil Name: Perukilai or Karukanni:
Plant Description:
It is a flowering shrub The stem is erect, with no branches. Leaves are simple, opposite; both surfaces sparsely villous-pubescent, elliptic, broadly elliptic, ovate or elongate ovate, dentate, inflorescence in terminal, peduncled, few-flowered cyme; flowers white with purplish pink or dull-purple throat, pubescent. Fruit berry, globose, turned bluish-black or black when ripe, enclosed in the red accrescent fruiting-calyx. . The inflorescence is huge, consisting of many tubular snow white flowers in a terminal cluster, The tubes of the flowers are about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and droop downward, and the expanded corollas are about 5 cm (2.0 in) across. The fruits are attractive dark metallic blue drupes, Fruit usually with four dry nutlets.
Uses:
Inflammation: Used to treat asthma, bronchitis, cough, chest complaints, pain, rheumatism, osteoarthritis, and gastric ulcer
Fever: Used as an antipyretic
Skin diseases: Used to treat tumors, certain skin diseases, and scorpion stings
Digestive issues: Used to treat diarrhea and liver disorders
Other conditions: Used to treat epilepsy, worm infestation, snake bites, and more
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