Bharangi
Clerodendrum serratum var. serratum
Also known as Blue Flowered Glory Tree, Beetle Killer
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Meghalaya, Assam & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Bharangi
Identify Bharangi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Whorled leaves in threes.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Meghalaya, Assam, Sikkim and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Verbenaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bharangi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Clerodendrum serratum var. serratum
- Genus
- Clerodendrum
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Degraded scrub forests; Moist deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South and Central China, Indonesia, Himalayas, Myanmar, Malesia to Indonesia, Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Meghalaya, Assam, Sikkim, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Verbenaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bharangi itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Bharangi
Bharangi (Clerodendrum serratum var. serratum) belongs to the Verbenaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Meghalaya, Assam and 5 other states. It grows in degraded scrub forests; Moist deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Bharangi belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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