• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (VERBENA OR VERVAIN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Lamiaceae
• Species : Premna latifolia
• Variety : latifolia
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Premna mollissima Roth
• Vernacular name : Aadre soppu, Neru gala (Kan.); Pachumalli, Pervajilli (Tam.); Tekli, Nelli, Pedda nelli (Tel.); Gandhauu, Gandhana, Dankaloni (Ori.); Agnimantha (San.)
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• Key identification features : A large tree. Leaves usually drying blue or black. Flowers are greenish-white.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : April-June
• Native : India
• Comments : Occasional on hills and lower slopes of scrub jungles.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Yercaud Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Guntur district, Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district (Andhra Pradesh State)
• World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Premna latifolia var. latifolia. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.

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