Volkameria inermis L.
- Synonyms: Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn.
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Vernacular names: Cheruchinna, ചെറുചിന്ന (Malayalam), Embrert, Garden quinine (English), Kundali (Sanskrit), Batraj (Hindi), Pinchil (Tamil)
- Distribution: Coastal India, Sri Lanka; now naturalised on the shores of Myanmar, Australia, China
- Description: Shrubs. Leaves elliptic-ovate to obovate, opposite. Flowers white, in axillary, trichotomous cymes, terminating the branches. Drupe pear-shaped, 4-lobed.
- Habit: Shrub
- Habitat: Coastal areas
- Flowering & Fruiting: November-December
- Parts used: Whole plant
- Properties & Uses: Whole plant is given in the form of tincture or decoction in intermittent fevers. Leaf and root juice is useful in scrofulous and venereal diseases. A bath with the leaf-boil water is recommended in mania and itches. Root boiled in oil is effective in rheumatism.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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