Pygmaeopremna herbacea (Roxb.) Mold

 
  • Family : VERBENACEAE
    (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
  • Basionym : Premna herbacea Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Premna herbacea Roxb.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Gudmari, Githia, Putrani (Oria)
    • Bharangi (Hindi)
    • Nelaneredu, Adavi nela, Guntu bharangi (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Occasional in hills of northern Eastern Ghats. The plant is pyrogenous with respect to its habitats and survivies on landscaps prone to forest fires
  • Key identification features : Small undershrubs with perennial rootstocks; Leaves sessile, obovate, obtuse, coarsely serrate, pubescent on nerves, coriaceous; Flowers in axillary panicles, white or greenish white; Drupes globose.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-August
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Koraput district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Tropical Asia and Australasia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 272
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pygmaeopremna herbacea. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

Botanical Description

India Distribution

World Distribution

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