• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Premna corymbosa Rottler & Willd.
• Vernacular name : Seerithalai, Nalla pinnai (Tamil); Aguya bat, Bhutobairi (Oria), Agetha, Arani, Ustabemda (Hindi); Pomenti, Peddanarva, Gabbunelli (Telugu)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Foothills of the ghats, also in dry forests
• Flower, Fruit : December-September
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district
  • Odisha : Kendrapara district
  • Tamil Nadu : Cuddalore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Pudukkottai district, Ramanathapuram district, Tiruvallur district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Premna corymbosa. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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