Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub to Small Tree
Premna serratifolia L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Citharexylum paniculatum Poir., nom. illeg. |
synonym | Cornutia corymbosa Burm.f. |
synonym | Gumira abbreviata (Miq.) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira attenuata (R.Br.) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira ceramensis (Miq.) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira cyclophylla (Miq.) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira dallachyana (Benth.) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira divaricata (Wall. ex Schauer) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira domestica Hassk. |
synonym | Gumira foetida (Reinw. ex Blume) Hassk. |
synonym | Gumira integrifolia Hassk., nom. superfl. |
synonym | Gumira laevigata (Miq.) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira limbata (Benth.) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira nauseosa (Blanco) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira nitida (K.Schum.) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira opulifolia (Miq.) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira punctulata (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze |
synonym | Gumira truncata (Turcz.) Kuntze |
synonym | Premna abbreviata Miq. |
synonym | Premna acuminatissima Merr., nom. illeg. |
synonym | Premna angustior (C.B.Clarke) Ridl. |
synonym | Premna arborea Farw., nom. illeg. |
synonym | Premna atra Merr. |
synonym | Premna attenuata R.Br. |
synonym | Premna benguetensis C.B.Rob. |
synonym | Premna benthamiana Domin |
synonym | Premna borneensis H.J.Lam |
synonym | Premna brongersmai H.J.Lam |
synonym | Premna capitata A.Meeuse, nom. superfl. |
synonym | Premna ceramensis Miq. |
synonym | Premna congesta Merr. |
synonym | Premna corymbosa (Burm.f.) Schauer, nom. illeg. |
synonym | Premna corymbosa var. madagascariensis Moldenke |
synonym | Premna corymbosa var. minor (Ridl.) H.R.Fletcher |
synonym | Premna corymbosa var. obtusifolia (R.Br.) H.R.Fletcher |
synonym | Premna corymbosa var. sambucina (Wall. ex Schauer) Moldenke |
synonym | Premna cyclophylla Miq. |
synonym | Premna dallachyana Benth. |
synonym | Premna dallachyana var. obtusisepala Domin |
synonym | Premna dallachyana var. typica Domin, nom. inval. |
synonym | Premna dentatifolia Moldenke |
synonym | Premna divaricata Wall. ex Schauer |
synonym | Premna foetida Reinw. ex Blume |
synonym | Premna gaudichaudii Schauer |
synonym | Premna glabra A.Gray ex Maxim. |
synonym | Premna glandulifera Merr. |
synonym | Premna glandulosa Merr., nom. illeg. |
synonym | Premna glycycocca F.Muell. |
synonym | Premna guillauminii var. serrata Moldenke |
synonym | Premna hircina Wall. |
synonym | Premna integrifolia L., nom. superfl. |
synonym | Premna integrifolia subsp. dentatolabium H.J.Lam |
synonym | Premna integrifolia subsp. truncatolabium H.J.Lam |
synonym | Premna integrifolia var. angustior C.B.Clarke |
synonym | Premna integrifolia var. minor Ridl. |
synonym | Premna integrifolia var. obtusifolia (R.Br.) C.Pei |
synonym | Premna kunstleri King & Gamble |
synonym | Premna laevigata Miq. |
synonym | Premna lamii Moldenke |
synonym | Premna leucostoma Náves ex Fern.-Vill. |
synonym | Premna leytensis Merr. |
synonym | Premna limbata Benth. |
synonym | Premna lucidula Kurz, nom. illeg. |
synonym | Premna macrophylla H.J.Lam, nom. illeg. |
synonym | Premna media R.Br. |
synonym | Premna membranifolia Merr. |
synonym | Premna nauseosa Blanco |
synonym | Premna nitida K.Schum. |
synonym | Premna obtusifolia f. serratifolia (L.) Moldenke, nom. illeg. |
synonym | Premna obtusifolia R.Br. |
synonym | Premna obtusifolia var. angustior (C.B.Clarke) Moldenke |
synonym | Premna obtusifolia var. gaudichaudii (Schauer) Moldenke |
synonym | Premna obtusifolia var. madagascariensis (Moldenke) Moldenke |
synonym | Premna obtusifolia var. minor (Ridl.) Moldenke |
synonym | Premna obtusifolia var. pubescens Moldenke |
synonym | Premna obtusifolia var. velutina Benth. |
synonym | Premna octonervia Merr. & F.P.Metcalf |
synonym | Premna opulifolia Miq. |
synonym | Premna ovata R.Br. |
synonym | Premna paniculata H.R.Fletcher |
synonym | Premna papuana Wernham |
synonym | Premna parviflora H.J.Lam |
synonym | Premna perrottetii C.B.Clarke |
synonym | Premna populifolia Miq. |
synonym | Premna punctulata C.B.Clarke |
synonym | Premna sambucina Wall. ex Schauer |
synonym | Premna serratifolia var. minor (Ridl.) A.Rajendran & P.Daniel |
synonym | Premna spinosa Roxb. |
synonym | Premna subcordata Turcz. |
synonym | Premna subglabra Merr. |
synonym | Premna sumatrana Ridl. |
synonym | Premna tahitensis var. rapensis F.Br. |
synonym | Premna tahitensis var. rimatarensis F.Br. |
synonym | Premna tateana F.M.Bailey |
synonym | Premna tiliifolia Zipp. ex Span. |
synonym | Premna timoriana Decne. |
synonym | Premna truncata Turcz. |
synonym | Premna woodii Moldenke |
synonym | Premna wrayi King & Gamble |
synonym | Scrophularioides arborea G.Forst., nom. nud. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Tree about 20-30 ft tall. Bark grayish brown, branches and branchlets obtusely quadrangular, slightly pubescent and glabrous when mature. Leaves simple opposite, oblong-ovate or ovate-elliptic, 6-18 x 3-6.5 cm across, base rounded or obtuse, margins entire or slightly undulate, apex shallow acuminate, chartaceous, dark green glabrous above, slightly paler, pubescent on the veins beneath, lateral veins 5-7 on either side of the midvein, veins arcuate at margins impressed above and prominent beneath, petiole slender, stout, canaliculated about 2-4 cm long, exstipulate. Inflorescence terminal corymbs, dichotomously branched, composed of 4-8 decussate opposite cymes, pubescent, about 4-11 x 5-16 cm across, peduncles pubescent, obtusely quadrangular, about 1-4 cm long, bracts linear lanceolate, about 1 cm long, bractlets linear about 5 mm long, Flowers numberous, bisexual, zygomorphic, pedicels about 1 mm long, calyx cupular, 5 toothed, 2 lipped, about 2 x 2 mm across, teeth acute, slightly pubescent outside, corolla infundibular, 4 lobed, 2 lipped, lobes subequal, oblong, obtuse about 2 mm long, glabrous outside, greenish white, corolla tube about 3 x 2 mm across, densely pubescent in the throat, stamens 4, didynamous, filaments glabrous, filiform, glabrous, about 3-4 mm long, anthers globose, 2 loculed, divaricate, ovary obovoid, about 1 mm across, style filiform, about 5 mm long, stigma bi-lobed, Fruit drupaceous, succulent, subglobose, obscurely verrucose, 2-3 mm in diameter, green and purplish black when ripe, fruiting calyx saucer shaped, membranous.
Trees, to 7 m high. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 4-14 mm, slender, pubescent, grooved above; lamina 2.5-8.5 x 2-7.2 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, base acute, obtuse, subcordate or rounded, apex acuminate, mucronate, obtuse, margin entire or subserrate, glabrous above except along the appressed midrib, chartaceous; lateral nerves 3-5 pair, pinnate, prominent, puberulous beneath; intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, in terminal corymbose panicled cymes; bracts small; calyx small campanulate, 2 lipped, 5 lobed; corolla tube short, villous inside, lobes 5; stamens 4, didynamous, inserted below the throat of the corolla tube; anther ovate; ovary superior, 2-4-celled, ovules 4; style linear; stigma shortly bifid. Fruit a drupe, seated on the calyx, globose, purple; seeds oblong.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Habit: Small tree/shrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Coast
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Plain areas; deciduous forests.
Moist sandy soil and scrub jungles along seacoasts and mangrove forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Description
India: Assam
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Kasaragode, Thrissur, Ernakulam
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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Maharashtra: Pune, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane
Kerala: Kannur, Kottayam
Tamil Nadu: Cuddalore, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur ,Viluppuram
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1730
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1730 |
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Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1730
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Premna integrifolia L., Mant. Pl. 2: 252. 1771, nom. illeg.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 574. 1885.
- Premna obtusifolia R. Br., Prodr. 512. 1810; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 230. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 296. 1985.
- Premna serratifolia L., Mant. Pl. 2: 253. 1771; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1096(767). 1924; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 357. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 318. 1989; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 284. 2002.
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1730
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Premna integrifolia L., Mant. Pl. 2: 252. 1771, nom. illeg.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 574. 1885.
- Premna obtusifolia R. Br., Prodr. 512. 1810; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 230. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 296. 1985.
- Premna serratifolia L., Mant. Pl. 2: 253. 1771; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1096(767). 1924; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 357. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 318. 1989; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 284. 2002.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Lamiaceae |
Genus | Premna |
Species | Premna serratifolia L. |
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