Common Name
English :Tree clerodendron
Hindi :Bhant
Manipuri :Kuthab ukabi
Scientific Name
Group :Angiosperm (Dicotyledon)
Family :Verbenaceae
Genus :Clerodendrum
Species :viscosum Vent.
Habit :Large glabrous shurb
Parts Used :Root and Leaf
Mode of Preparation :Leafy shoot for fresh consumption. Crushed leaves with water for juice extract.
Mode of use :Fresh
Ingredients :The alcoholic extract of the roots yield sterol glycoside. The aerial parts yield several sterol viz, colesterol, campesterol, cholesterol, sitosterol and stigmasterol.
Ailment Treated:Tender leaf is cooked and eaten against diabetes and for regulation of blood pressure. Leaves are used as bitter, tonic, vermifuge, laxative and cholagogue. Leaves and roots are used in external application for tumour. Leaf extract is used in fever and bowel disorder.
Source:Wild/ Cultivated.