Clerodendrum Inerme -Medicinal Planta

An erect to scandent or trailing, evergreen shrub, up to 3 m tall, commonly used for hedges round the gardens etc. Leaves elliptic-ovate to obovate, opposite, entire, petiolate and subcoriaceous. Flowers white, in axillary, trichotomous cymes, terminating the branches,

In Indian tribal medicine, leaves of C. inerme are used for treating fever, cough, skin rashes and boils, and are used in conjunction with other plant leaves. They are also used to treat umbilical cord infection and for cleaning the uterus in local medicine.