Clerodendrum laevifolium Blume.
| Synonym : | Clerodendrum ellipticum Zipp. ex Span. Clerodendrum wallichii Merr. Clerodendrum nutansWall. ex G. Don. |
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| Bangla Name : | Tara tabah bhat (B), Keyamusi(Marma.), Tarana Topa (Murang). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Verbenaceae |
| Disease : | Fever |
| Description : | A large shrub, up to 3 m tall. Leaves up to 20 cm long, narrowly obovate or lanceolate, subentire, much acuminate, base attenuate. Flowers white, in long pendulous, very lax, few-flowered panicles. Drupe about 1.4 cm diam., succulent, dark purple. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Moulavi Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Root juice is given for high fever. The leaf extract is taken frequently by Marmas for the treatment of diarrhoea in Bandarban. EtOH (50%) extract of aerial parts is diuretic (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Habit : | Shrub |