Bhant / Hill Glorybower
Clerodendrum infortunatum
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- December-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Clerodendrum infortunatum
- Genus
- Clerodendrum
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Degraded forests areas and also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Assam, Odisha, Mizoram, Goa, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bihar
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-February
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“Leaves are simple, opposite;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Leaves are simple, opposite;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OrbicularrecordedRounded, roughly circular.“The stem is erect, 0.5–4 m (1.6–13.1 ft) high, with no branches, and produces circular leaves with 15 cm (5.9 in) diameter.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhant itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- CymerecordedA branched cluster where the central/terminal flower opens first.“both surfaces sparsely villous-pubescent, elliptic, broadly elliptic, ovate or elongate ovate, 3.5–20 cm (1.4–7.9 in) wide, 6–25 cm (2.4–9.8 in) long, dentate, inflorescence in the” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The fruits are attractive dark metallic blue drupes, about 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhant itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Titabhamt, भांट Bhant
- Nepali
- राजबेली Raajbeli, चितु Chitu, भेण्टा Bhentaa
- Bengali
- Bhant, ভাঁট
- Tamil
- Perukilai
- Telugu
- Gurrapu katilyaku
- Kannada
- ಇಬ್ಬನೆ Ibbane, ಇಟ್ಟೇವು Ittevu, ಎಸಗ Esaga
- Malayalam
- Peruku, വട്ടപ്പെരുക്, Clerodendrum infortunatum
- Marathi
- भंडीरा Bhandira
About Bhant
A member of the Verbenaceae family, Hill Glorybower (Clerodendrum infortunatum) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttarakhand and 17 other states. It grows in degraded forests areas and also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from December to February.
Uses
Locally it is long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Bhant belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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