• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Premna flavescens Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Premna lucidula Miq.
• Vernacular name : Nelli, Naulia, Peddanaruva (Telugu)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Rare in moist deciduous forests of northern Eastern Ghats from 600-1300m alt.
• Key identification features : Whitish flowers on spreading corymbs. Leaves gland dotted. Drupe globose
• Flower, Fruit : June-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Chittoor district
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district, Angul district
• Native : India, Bangladesh
• World Distribution : India, Bangladesh
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : 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; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
• 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 hamiltonii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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