• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Cornutia corymbosa Lam.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Premna tomentosa Willd.
• Common name : Wooly-leaved Fire Brand Teak
• Vernacular name : Naaruvalu (Kannada); Kolakattaithekku, Malaithekku (Tamil); Kokkiti (Malayalam), Subundi, Meria, Kotusumanthi, Jhandakai (Oria); Kampugummadi, Nagaru, Naravu, Bastered teak (Telugu); Kozhukkattathekku, Naithekku, Pincha (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional on foothills to 1400m.
• Flower, Fruit : January-May
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, Anantapur district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Kolar district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district, Dhenkanal district, Puri district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district
• Native : India to Southeast Asia
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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 tomentosa. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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