Premna mollissima Roth

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Premna

Characteristics

A tree. The crown is spreading. The young shoots are hairy. The young stem has spines. The leaves have an unpleasant smell. The leaves are oval and entire and wavy along the edge. They have soft hairs underneath. The flowers are greenish and in groups. The fruit are small and fleshy. The are round and black when ripe.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Mixed evergreen forests; near farmhouses; at elevations from 500-800 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows near Mumbai and Chennai.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The leaves and tender shoots are cooked and eaten as greens and in curries. The bark is eaten as a famine food.
Uses fuel material medicinal wood
Edible barks leaves
Therapeutic use Furunculosis (bark), Hypoglycemia (bark), Diuretics (leaf), Edema (leaf), Parasympatholytics (leaf), Colic(Veterinary) (unspecified), Eczema (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Germination luminosity -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:864338-1
WFO ID wfo-0000282736
COL ID 77WTW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Premna mollissima Premna mucronata Gumira mollissima Premna viburnoides Premna latifolia Premna viburnoides Premna latifolia var. cuneata Premna latifolia var. mucronata Premna latifolia var. viburnoides Premna latifolia var. gamblei Premna latifolia var. henryi