Clerodendrum INFORTUNATUM L.
| Synonym : | Clerodendrum calycinum Turcz. Ovieda infortunata (L.) Baill. Clerodendrum viscosum Vent. |
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| Bangla Name : | Ghetu, Bhat. ,Veg (Chakma), Kho pa che, Khun kha baong (Marma), Baita gach (Garo). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Verbenaceae |
| Disease : | Tonic, antipyretic, anthelmintic, asthma, tumours, skin diseases, antiperiodic, laxative, cholagogue, cough , jaundice, scabies and pain. |
| Description : | A shrub or undershrub, 0.9-2.4 m high. Leaves large, 10-25 cm long, ovate, acuminate, hairy on both sides. Flowers white tinged with pink, on large pubescent, panicles. Fruit, a drupe, 8 mm across, black. |
| Distribution : | Occur along road sides and fallow lands, throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains saponin, flavonoids, alkaloids, a new glycoside, clerodendroside, lupeol, benzoic acid derivatives and ?-sitosterol. The plant also contains clerosterol, clerodolone, clerodone. Leaves contain protein, free reducing sugar, a bitter prin |
| Uses : | The plant is tonic, antipyretic and anthelmintic. Leaves and roots are used in asthma, tumours and certain skin diseases. Infusion of the leaves is used as bitter tonic and antiperiodic in malaria. Expressed juice of the leaves is laxative and cholagogue. |
| Habit : | Under shrub |