Family
– Verbenaceae
Synonym
– Clerodendrum serratum var. amplexifolium Moldenke; Clerodendrum
serratum var. glabrescens Moldenke; Clerodendrum
serratum var. herbaceum (Roxb.
ex Schauer) C.Y.Wu in; Clerodendrum
serratum var. javanicum Hochr.
Vernacular
names – Cheruthekku; Kankabharnni; Kantani;
Kattuppadappa; Kurukkutti; Napalu; Perikilam
Habit
– Shrub
Habitat
– Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Distribution
– India, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
Flowering
and Fruiting – August-December
Key Identification Features – This
shrub grows up to 2m tall, with purplish stems and branches. Its leaves are
broadly elliptic-ovate or obovate, serrated along the margins, and covered in
fine hairs on the lower surface. The bluish flowers have unequal lobes, and the
fruit is dark-purple and 4-lobed. Each fruit contains 2-4 globose seeds.
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