Premna tomentosa Willd.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Premna

Characteristics

A tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 4-6 m tall. The bark is grey and smooth. The leaves are simple and opposite. The leaf stalk is 2-5 cm long. The leaf blade is 6-25 cm long by 5-15 cm wide. They have a white coating underneath. The flowers are small and yellow. The fruit is small and black and 5-6 mm long. There are 4 seeds.
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Pending.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 9.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Open and deciduous forest, often in secondary growth areas, at elevations up to 800 metres. Dry and upper mixed forests at elevations up to 600 metres in Myanmar.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry evergreen and dry deciduous forests. It grows up to 1,400 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The young leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Uses material medicinal timber wood
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Stomach diseases (bark), Diuretics (leaf), Stomach diseases (root), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Puerperium (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified)
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Cultivation

It can be grown from root suckers. It can be grown by seed. It can be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Premna tomentosa world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Premna tomentosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:864460-1
WFO ID wfo-0000282877
COL ID 6VX52
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Premna adenosticta Premna tomentosa Premna cardiophylla Premna flavescens Premna flavida Premna hylandiana Premna stellata Gumira adenosticta Gumira cardiophylla Gumira cumingiana Gumira pyramidata Premna cordata Premna latifolia Premna odorata f. crenulata Premna tomentosa f. jejuna Premna involucrata var. thailandica