Clerodendrum indicum (L.) Kuntze

Genje (Clerodendrum indicum) is a shrub up to 1.5-3 meters tall of the Lamiaceae family, distributed from Southeast Asia to southern China, generally growing wild though cultivation has begun in the Philippines and Singapore. This plant was introduced as an ornamental plant as well as used in traditional Asian medicine. Genje is believed to help relieve asthma, cough, and sore throat.

Grows ideally at elevations of 0-1,400 m above sea level, with adequate sunlight and moderate rainfall intensity. Drought-tolerant and grows in almost all soil types with high humidity but good drainage, and resistant to salinity.

• Stem round, green in color with a longitudinally cracked texture, hollow center, sympodial branching.
• Leaves single, short-stalked, tapering leaf base and tip, dark green in color, 7-15 cm long and 3-4 cm wide.
• Flowers compound, umbrella-shaped, emerging at leaf axils and below the base of the leaf stalk, white petals.
• Fruit egg-shaped and brown in color.
• Seeds round, black in color.

Propagated generatively (by seed), and vegetatively (stem cuttings and offshoots).

Leaves: alkaloids, saponins, polyphenols. Bark: saponins, flavonoids. Roots: polyphenols, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethanol, hispidulin, hispidulin 7-O-glucuronide, eupafolin, scutellarein, clerodendrol, roseoside, lariciresinol 9-O-β-D-glucoside.

Treats urinary tract inflammation, asthma, cough, rheumatism, pulmonary tuberculosis, flu and fever, sore throat, respiratory tract inflammation (bronchitis), sprains, and bruises.

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