Clerodendrum paniculatum

Family: Verbenaceae
Vernacular names: Krishnakireedam, Hanumankireedam, കൃഷ്ണകിരീടം, ഹനുമന്‍കിരീടം (Malayalam), Pagoda Flower (English), Krishna Kireedam (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: 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. Ovary oblong.
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Grown as ornamental plant; now getting naturalised
Flowering & Fruiting: July-December

Parts used: Leaves, Bark, Root
Properties & Uses: Used as remedy for ailments and disorders such as wounds, typhoid, snakebite, jaundice, giddiness, malaria, anemia and hemorrhoids.
Systems of Medicines: Folk,
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