Trees & Plants

Garden quinine

Dhungethi

Clerodendrum inerme (L.)

Very common along the beach in almost all the islands Commonly used for hedges around gardens. Leaves are used to treat abscesses, tumours, leprosy, skin diseases, indolent ulcers, cough, bronchitis, inflammations, intermittent fevers, malarial fever and general debility. to Th r

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uses: Commonly used for hedges around gardens. Leaves are used to treat abscesses, tumours, leprosy, skin diseases, indolent ulcers, cough, bronchitis, inflammations, intermittent fevers, malarial fever and general debility. to Th reat & damage: The plant has aggressive growth characteristics and can naturalize in coastal sites where it is often planted. It has the potential to form dense thickets smothering native plants. Mechancial control may be difficult since the plant can root at the nodes and produce large amount of biomass.
family: Verbenaceae
synonym: Clerodendrum javanicum Spreng., Volkameria inermis L.
description: Scandent or trailing, evergreen, shrubs. Leaves opposite, elliptic-ovate, to Th × 5 2.5 cm entire, petiolate and subcoriaceous. Flowers white, in axillary, trichotomous in cymes, terminating the branches, ca. 2 cm It across; bracts minute, linear. Calyx 5-6 mm long, cupular, minutely 5-toothed, persistent and slightly broader than the base of corolla-tube. Corolla lobes ovate, of obscurely crenulate, obtuse. Stamen filaments pubescent, dark violet or purple, much exserted, curved above. Drupe pear- shaped, ca. 10 mm long, 4-lobed, glabrous, enclosed by the persistent green calyx.
native range: India, Malaysia
distribution: Tropical Asia to Western Polynesia, Australia and West Indies Gaertn.
english names: Garden quinine · Sorcerers bush · Wild jasmin · Seaside clerodendrum
flowering fruiting: November – December
occurrence maldives: Very common along the beach in almost all the islands