Clerodendrum serratum
| Author : (L.) Moon |
| Family : Verbenaceae |
| Habit: Shrub |
| Sanskrit: Bharngi, Kharashakah |
| English: - |
An erect shrub, 1-2 m tall, with woody rootstocks, greyish bark, sessile or sub-sessile, oblanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate leaves, purple-violet flowers, in terminal panicles and 2-4 lobed, sub-globose, dark-purple or black drupes with single seed in each lobe.
Root, leaves, seeds
inflammation, worm infestations, cough, asthma, bronchitis, hiccough, tumours, tubercular glands, consumption, skin diseases, leucoderma, leprosy, fevers, headache, eye diseases
Serratogenic acid, queretaroic acid, phytosterols, saponins, ferulic acid, arabinose, scutellarein, baicalein, oleanolic and queretaroic acid, a-spinasterol, flavonoids, phenolic acids