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Clerodendrum
paniculatum L.
Synonym
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Caprifolium paniculatum
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Family
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Verbenaceae
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Local name
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English
- Orange
Tower Flower
Malayalam
–Krishnakireedam
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Flowering and fruiting period
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July-December
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Distribution
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Indo-Malesia
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Distribution in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Grown as ornamental plant; now getting naturalised
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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grown commonly for
ornamental purpose. The plant is reported to have ethnomedicinal importance
as the plant is used as remedy for ailments and disorders such as wounds,
typhoid, snakebite, jaundice, giddiness, malaria, anemia and hemorrhoids.
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Key
Botanical Characters
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Erect subshrubs, to
2.5 m tall, stoloniferous; stem scarcely branched. Leaves simple, opposite,
7-18 x 8-19 cm, orbicular, margin faintly lobed, denticulate, apex acute,
base cordate, membranous; basally 7-nerved; petiole to 10 cm long. Flowers in
terminal panicles of dichotomous cymes; pedicels reddish, 6-14 mm long.Calyx
deeply 5-lobed, red, campanulate, 3-5 mm long; lobes oblong, obtuse.Corolla
red, hypocrateriform; tube slender, 1.4-2 cm long; lobes 7-8 mm long,
posterior pair shorter and narrower than the others. Stamens exserted;
filaments 2-3 cm long
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