Rotheca serrata, Cheruthekk, Beetle killer, ചെറുതേക്ക്

Synonyms: Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon.
Family: Lamiaceae
Vernacular names: Cheruthekk, ചെറുതേക്ക് (Malayalam), Beetle killer (English), Bhargi (Sanskrit), Barangi (Hindi), Chirudekku (Tamil)
Distribution: India, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
Description: Shrubs. Leaves broadly elliptic-ovate or obovate. Inflorescence elongate, terminal cymose panicles. Flower blue. Drupe 4-lobed, subglobose; seeds 2-4, globose.
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: August-December

Parts used: Root, leaves and seed
Properties & Uses: Roots are pungent, bitter stomachic and anthelmintic. Roots are used for the treatment of asthma, fever, rheumatism, inflammations, burning sensations, hiccough, epilepsy, wounds and diseases of blood. Leaves are useful in fever, burning sensation and hiccough. Seeds bruised and boiled in butter milk are used as aperient in dropsy.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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