Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Clerodendrum infortunatum L.
Common name : Hill Glory Bower
Vernacular name : Basavana pada (Kannada); Bhant (Bengali); Raajbeli (Nepali)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Degraded forests areas and also in the plains
Comments / notes : Roots and juice of plant used medicinally
Key identification features : Flowers pubescent, white, pink tinged. Drupe black
Flower, Fruit : December-February
Distribution :
Assam : Assam
Native : Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China and Peninsula Malaysia.
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Andaman Is., Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 317; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI: 557