Family: Verbernaceae
Synonym: Clerodendrum
citrinum Ridl., Clerodendrum
diversifolium Vahl, Clerodendrum
paniculatum var. diversifolium (Vahl) C.B.Clarke (1885), Clerodendrum pyramidale Andrews
Vernacular
name - Aarumasapoovu, Arumasachedi,
Krishnakireedam, Hanumankireedam
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Grown as ornamental plant; now naturalized
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Key identification features: This plant is an erect subshrub that grows up to
2.5 m tall with scarcely branched, stoloniferous stems. Its simple, opposite
leaves are orbicular, with faintly lobed, denticulate margins, an acute apex,
and a cordate base. The flowers are in terminal panicles of dichotomous cymes,
with reddish pedicels and a deeply 5-lobed, red calyx. The red corolla has a
slender tube and shorter posterior lobes. Stamens are exserted, and the ovary
is oblong, though fruit setting is uncommon.
Uses:
It is a medicinal plant
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