Clerodendrum colebrookianum from Arunachal Pradesh

[Ritesh Kumar Choudhary]

Dear all,

 

Pl find a few images of Clerodendrum colebrookianum Walp. (Verbenaceae).

Date/Time- June, 2009

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Itanagar, ca 350m

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild

Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub

Height/Length- upto 2 m high

Uses -Leaves are bitter in taste, boiled and eaten as vegetable. Very good remedy for hypertension. Known to contain five different types of steroids called Colebrin A-E. (Ref. Yang Hui et al. 2000, New steroids from Clerodendrum colebrookianum. Fitoterapia 71(6): 641-648.

Vernacular name: Oen (Adi tribes); Papa-shishung (Memba tribes).

Regards,

Ritesh.

[tanay bose]

Seen this plant one in West Bengal couple of years ago !!
Tanay

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