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Premna herbacea Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Premna

Characteristics

Subshrubs ca. 9 cm tall. Rhizomes woody. Branches sparsely yellow-brown pilose or glabrous. Leaves rosulate; leaf blade obovate-oblong to spatulate, 3-14 X 2-6(-9) cm, sparsely pubescent and yellow glandular, base cuneate, margin sparsely serrate to sparsely crenulate above middle or rarely entire, apex rounded. Inflorescences paniculate capitate corymbs, 1-2.3 X 1-2.4 cm, ca. 10-flowered; peduncle 5-13 mm, densely puberulent; bracts linear to lanceolate, 3-8 mm. Calyx cup-shaped, ca. 2.5 mm, outside pubescent and yellow glandular. Corolla purple in bud, white in bloom, slightly 2-lipped, 4-lobed, outside puberulent. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit ca. 5 X 4 mm. Fr. Jun.
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A small herb or shrub. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a woody rootstock. It has soft shoots that grow 5-20 cm high. The leaves die back in the winter. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. The leaves are often in rings near the ground. They are broadly oval and have teeth along the edge. The flowers are white and green. They are in groups at the ends of branches. The fruit is round and fleshy. It is small and black and shiny.
Pending.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.07 - 0.1
Root system rhizome
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A characteristic plant of open grasslands exposed to periodic fire. Dry places at elevations from 200-1,700 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows on clays and scree slopes and rocky outcrops.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten. The young leaves and shoot are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Antipyretics (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Asthma (leaf), Cough (leaf), Fever (leaf), General tonic for rejuvenation (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (root), Appetite stimulants (root), Asthma (root), General tonic for rejuvenation (root), Antirheumatic agents (stem), Asthma (stem), Asthma (unspecified), Atrophy (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Cachexia (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Cholera (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Furunculosis (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Scorpion stings (unspecified), Snake bites (unspecified), Tuberculosis, lymph node (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Premna herbacea unspecified picture

Distribution

Premna herbacea world distribution map, present in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:864273-1
WFO ID wfo-0000282650
COL ID 6W962
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Premna herbacea Premna nana Premna sessilifolia Pygmaeopremna herbacea Pygmaeopremna humilis Pygmaeopremna sessilifolia Pygmaeopremna acaulis Tatea subacaulis Premna obovata Gumira herbacea Pygmaeopremna subacaulis Premna humilis Premna acaulis Tatea acaulis Pygmaeopremna herbacea var. thailandica Premna angustifolia Pygmaeopremna nana Tatea herbacea Tatea humilis
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