Clerodendrum indicum, Bhargi, Bharangi, Hunjika

Clerodendrum indicum (L.) Kuntze
Family: Lamiaceae

Synonyms: Clerodendrum indicum f. semiserratum (Wall.) Moldenke, Clerodendrum longicolle G.Mey., Clerodendrum mite (L.) Vatke, Clerodendrum semiserratum Wall. , Clerodendrum siphonanthus R.Br. , Clerodendrum verticillatum Roxb. ex D.Don , Ovieda mitis L., Ovieda verticillatum Roxb. ex D.Don , Siphonanthus angustifolius Willd., Siphonanthus indicus L.

Common name: Tubeflower, Turk's-Turban, Sky Rocket, Bowing Lady
Chinese: 长管假茉莉 , 长管大青
French: Herbe au long cou
Hindi: भरंगी Bharangi
Manipuri: কুথপ Kuthap
Bengali: Bamunhati
Tamil: Kavalai, Narivalai
Kannada: ಭರಂಗೀ Bharangi, ಹುನ್ಜಿಕಾ Hunjika
Sanskrit: Bhargi

Description: Erect subshrubs to 2 m tall, stoloniferous; stem mostly unbranched, obtusely tetragonous, hollow. Leaves in whorls of 3-4, 7-22 x 2-4 cm, linear-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate to acute, margin entire or more or less toothed, apex acute or acuminate, sessile or subsessile. Flowers in terminal panicles. Bracts foliaceous resembling the leaves in all respects but smaller; bracteoles 5-12 x 2-3 mm, linear. Calyx 5-partite, red, broadly campanulate; tube 4-6 mm long; lobes 5, 6-10 mm long, ovate, apex acute. Corolla white, hypocrateriform; tube slender, 8-13 cm long, curved; lobes 8-15 mm long, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, reflexed. Stamens 4, exserted; filaments purple, slender; anthers oblong, c. 2.5 mm long, purple. Sytle filiform, purple; stigma shortly bifid. Frit 4-lobed, blue-black, 1-1.3 cm across; pyrenes 1-4, 1-seeded; fruiting-calyx accrescent, fleshy, bright red.

Root—used for asthma, cough, scrofulous affections. Leaf—vermifuge. Resin—antirheumatic. The plant is also used in fever, atrophy, emaciation of cachexia and consumption.
The leaves contain flavonoids—scutellarein, hispidulin and their 7-O-glucuronides; also sterols.
Flowers contain beta-sitosterol and triterpenoids. The bark yields hexitol and sorbitol. The flavone, pectolinarin and a diterpene, oncinotine, exhibit antifeedant activity. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary].

16 Published articles of Clerodendrum indicum

Clerodendrum indicum Turks Turban Tube Flower Bharangi Bamunhati Kuthap Kavalai Narivalai

Clerodendrum indicum (Linnaeus) Kuntze
Family:  Lamiaceae

Synonyms: Clerodendrum indicum f. semiserratum (Wall.) Moldenke, Clerodendrum longicolle G.Mey., Clerodendrum mite (L.) Vatke, Clerodendrum verticillatum D.Don, Ovieda mitis L., Siphonanthus angustifolius Willd., Siphonanthus indicus L.,

English: Turk’s Turban, Tube Flower.
Ayurvedic: Vaamana-haati (a substitute for Bhaarangi).
Siddha/Tamil: Kavalai, Narivalai
Hindi: भरंगी Bharangi
Manipuri: কুথপ Kuthap
Bengali: Bamunhati
Kannada: ಭರಂಗೀ Bharangi, ಹುನ್ಜಿಕಾ Hunjika
Sanskrit: Bhargi


Action: Root—used for asthma, cough, scrofulous affections. Leaf— vermifuge. Resin—antirheumatic. The plant is also used in fever, atrophy, emaciation of cachexia and consumption.
The leaves contain flavonoids—scutellarein, hispidulin  and their O-glucuronides; also sterols. Flowers contain beta-sitosterol and triterpenoids.
The bark yields hexitol and sorbitol. The flavone, pectolinarin and a diterpene, oncinotine, exhibit antifeedant activity. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

Ethnic communities of Chhotanagpur use the root as abortifacient. In Ayurvedic and allopathic systems different parts of the plant are used for treatment of many
diseases but not for family welfare. [HERBAL CURES TRADITIONAL APPROACH]

A mixture of dried fruits of Sesamum indicum, Clerodendrum indicum, Moringa pterygosperma, and Piper nigrum is mixed with crude sugar and taken orally for 20 days to produce sterility. [Medicinal Plants of the World Vol-3]

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