Seen this plant one in West Bengal couple of years ago !! Tanay On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < [email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all, > > Pl find a few images of Clerodendrum colebrookianum Walp. (Verbenaceae). > > Date/Time- June, 2009 > > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Itanagar, ca 350m > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild > > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub > > Height/Length- upto 2 m high > > Uses -Leaves are bitter in taste, boiled and eaten as vegetable. *Very > good remedy for hypertension. *Known to contain five different types of > steroids called Colebrin A-E. (Ref. Yang Hui et al. 2000, New steroids from > Clerodendrum colebrookianum. Fitoterapia 71(6): 641-648. > > Vernacular name: *Oen* (Adi tribes); *Papa-shishung* (Memba tribes). > Regards, > > Ritesh. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
