Volkameria inermis, Cheruchinna, Embrert, Garden quinine, ചെറുചിന്ന

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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