Premna divaricata Wall. ex Schauer

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Premna

Characteristics

An erect or climbing shrub. The leaves are oval and drawn out to a long point. The flowers occur in dense heads with a flat top. The fruit is small and fleshy with a hard stone inside. It is purple.
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

A tropical plant.
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Usage

The leaves are eaten. CAUTION: The fruit are claimed to be poisonous.
Uses medicinal poison
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Cold (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Headache (unspecified)
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:864311-1
WFO ID wfo-0000282606
COL ID 77X5N
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Synonyms

Premna divaricata Premna lucidula