Hill Glorybower
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Scientific name
Clerodendrum infortunatum
English Name
Hill Glorybower
Malayalam name
പെരുവെലം,പേരേലിയം
Common name
Hill Glorybower
Description
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : well-drained loamy soil with partial shade and moderate watering
- Leaves : ovate or round, base heart-shaped, margin entire or finely toothed, tip tapering
- Flowers : white with purplish pink or dull purple
- Bark : grey and corky
- Fruits : berry, globose, turned bluish-black or black when ripe
Uses
Fever, Bowel troubles,worm removal
Parts used
Leaves
How to use
- Fever & Bowel troubles : Extract of the leaves is given orally in fever and bowel troubles in the Kuki and Rongmei tribes in the North-East India.
- Worm removal : Fresh leaf-juice is introduced in the rectum for removal of small intestine worms.
- Poison : Leaves and flowers are used to cure scorpion sting.
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
It is propagated mainly by stem cuttings, root suckers, or division of clumps.Grow in well-drained, fertile soil with full sun to partial shade. Water regularly and prune after flowering to encourage healthy growth.
