Fruits & Vegetable Week- Clerodendrum serratum

[Prashant awale]

Dear Friends,

This is my first post for "Fruits & Vegetable week".
Blue fountain bush from Purandar.

Bot. name: Clerodendrum serratum,
Family: Verbenaceae

Local name: Bharangi.

In Konkan region, the young leaves are used as Vegetables.

Refer following link for additional info on Bharangi...

http://www.herbalcureindia.com/herbs/bharngi.htm

regards
Prashant

[Gurcharan Singh]

Good to know about its use as vegetabe.

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks dear Prashant ... did not know this plant's edible use.



NATIVE, WILD :: Verbenaceae (verbena, or vervain family) » Rotheca serrata, this genus now shifted to Lamiaceae (mint family)
Synonyms: Clerodendron serratum, Clerodendrum serratum, Volkameria serrata (this name is the most popular among all)


roth-EE-kuh -- .... not sure of derivation ... help needed  
sair-AY-tuh or ser-RAT-uh -- toothed like a saw


commonly known as: beetle killer, blue-flowered glory tree, blue fountain bush • Hindi: भारंगी bharangi • Konkani: भारंगी bharangi • Malayalam: ചെരുതെക്ക് cheru thekku • Manipuri: মোইরাংগ খানম moirang khanam • Marathi: भारंग bharang, भारंगी bharangi • Nepalese: अनढिकि andikhi • Sanskrit: भार्गी bhaargi, भारङ्गी bharangi, ब्राह्मणयष्टिका brahmanayashtika, पद्म padma, फञ्जी phanji • Tamil: சிறுதேக்கு ciru-tekku


Native to: s Africa, s China, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Indo-China, Malesia

[tanay bose]

Thanks Diensh Ji I was not aware of the new generic name of this plant 

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