- 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 Burm.f.; Gumira abbreviata (Miq.) Kuntze; Gumira attenuata (R.Br.) Kuntze; Gumira ceramensis (Miq.) Kuntze; Gumira cyclophylla (Miq.) Kuntze; Gumira dallachyana (Benth.) Kuntze; Gumira divaricata (Wall. ex Schauer) Kuntze; Gumira domestica Hassk.; Gumira foetida (Reinw. ex Blume) Hassk.; Gumira integrifolia Hassk.; Gumira laevigata (Miq.) Kuntze; Gumira limbata (Benth.) Kuntze; Gumira nauseosa (Blanco) Kuntze; Gumira nitida (K.Schum.) Kuntze; Gumira opulifolia (Miq.) Kuntze; Gumira punctulata (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze; Gumira truncata (Turcz.) Kuntze; Premna abbreviata Miq.; Premna angustior (C.B.Clarke) Ridl.; Premna arborea Farw.; Premna atra Merr.; Premna attenuata R.Br.; Premna benguetensis C.B.Rob.; Premna benthamiana Domin; Premna borneensis H.J.Lam; Premna brongersmae H.J.Lam; Premna capitata A.Meeuse; Premna ceramensis Miq.; Premna congesta Merr.;Premna corymbosa var. madagascariensis Moldenke; Premna corymbosa var. obtusifolia (R.Br.) H.R.Fletcher; Premna cyclophylla Miq.; Premna dallachyana Benth.; Premna dallachyana var. obtusisepala Domin; Premna dallachyana var. typica Domin; Premna dentatifolia Moldenke; Premna foetida Reinw. ex Blume; Premna gaudichaudii Schauer; Premna glabra A.Gray ex Maxim.; Premna glandulifera Merr.; Premna glandulosa Merr.; Premna glycycocca F.Muell.; Premna guillauminii var. serrata Moldenke; Premna hircina Wall.; Premna integrifolia L.; Premna integrifolia Willd.; Premna integrifolia var. angustior C.B.Clarke; Premna integrifolia var. minor Ridl.; Premna integrifolia var. obtusifolia (R.Br.) C.Pei; Premna kunstleri King & Gamble; Premna laevigata Miq.; Premna lamii Moldenke; Premna leucostoma Náves ex Fern.-Vill.; Premna leytensis Merr.; Premna limbata Benth.; Premna lucidula Kurz; Premna macrophylla H.J.Lam; Premna media R.Br.; Premna membranifolia Merr.; Premna nauseosa Blanco; Premna nitida K.Schum.; Premna obtusifolia R.Br.; Premna obtusifolia var. angustior (C.B.Clarke) Moldenke; Premna obtusifolia var. gaudichaudii (Schauer) Moldenke; Premna obtusifolia var. madagascariensis (Moldenke) Moldenke; Premna obtusifolia var. minor (Ridl.) Moldenke; Premna obtusifolia var. pubescens Moldenke
Premna obtusifolia var. velutina Benth.; Premna octonervia Merr. & F.P.Metcalf; Premna opulifolia Miq.; Premna ovata R.Br.; Premna paniculata H.R.Fletcher; Premna papuana Wernham; Premna parviflora H.J.Lam; Premna perrottetii C.B.Clarke; Premna populifolia Miq.; Premna punctulata C.B.Clarke; Premna serratifolia var. minor (Ridl.) A.Rajendran & P.Daniel; Premna spinosa Roxb.; Premna subcordata Turcz.; Premna subglabra Merr.; Premna sumatrana Ridl.; Premna tateana F.M.Bailey; Premna tiliifolia Zipp. ex H.J.Lam & Bakh.; Premna timoriana Decne.; Premna truncata Turcz.; Premna woodii Moldenke; Premna wrayi King & Gamble; Scrophularioides arborea G.Forst.; Citharexylum paniculatum Poir.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Premna serratifolia L.
- Common name : Indian Headache Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Agnimantha (Sanskrit)
- Ageta, Arni (Hindi)
- Takkila, Ardhra soppu mara (Kannada)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Moist sandy soli and scrub jungle along sea coast amd mangrove forests
- Comments / notes : Common near the sea coast
- Key identification features : A large shrub or small tree. Bark lenticellate.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collection Nos : KFP 4938, KFP 7024
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : KSR, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, TSR, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Tamil Nadu : Cuddalore district, Ramanathapuram district, Thanjavur district,Villipuram district
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hainan, In
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Islands, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Islands, Seychelles, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 218
- N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.695. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Premna obtusifolia. Downloaded on 10 February 2025.
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 Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hainan, In,Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Islands, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Islands, Seychelles, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam) |
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