Premna interrupta Wall. ex Schauer

 
  • Family : VERBENACEAE
    (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Verbenaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Gumira interrupta (Wall. ex Schauer) Kuntze; Gumira racemosa (Wall. ex Schauer) Kuntze; Premna derryana King & Gamble; Surfacea derryana (King & Gamble) Moldenke; Surfacea interrupta (Wall. ex Schauer) Moldenke; Surfacea interrupta var. smitinandii (Moldenke) Moldenke; Surfacea racemosa (Wall. ex Schauer) Moldenke; Surfacea racemosa var. sikkimensis (Moldenke) Moldenke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Premna interrupta Wall. ex Schauer
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Valleys, near large rocks, steep slopes, cool broad-leaved forests, 2000 - 2400 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Leaves obovate, subsessile or with short petiole to 5mm; flower clusters forming narrow interrupted panicles 1.5-2.5cm broad; corolla tube 2.5-2.8mm
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to South China and North Peninsula Malaysia
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 197
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 922-923
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 269
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 271
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Premna interrupta. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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