- Family : VERBENACEAE
(Verbena Or Vervain Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
- Basionym : Premna mollissima Roth
- Synonym(s) : Gumira millissima (Roth) Kuntze; Premna latifolia var. Mollissima (Roth) C.B. Clarke
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Premna mollissima Roth.
- Common name : Dusky fire brand mark; Broadleaved premna
- Vernacular name :
- Aadre soppu, Neru gala (Kannada)
- Pachumalli, Pervajilla, Periajitti (Tamil)
- Agnimantha (Sanskrit)
- Tekli, Nelli, Pedda nelli (Telugu)
- Gandhaeu, Gadhana, Dankaloni (Oria)
- Knappa, Munja, Nappa (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Foothills , scrub or open forests of all hill ranges
- Comments / notes : Young leaves and bark are edible
- Flower, Fruit : May-January
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Prakasam district, Nellore district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Puri district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, Salem district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- 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
- 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.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 269
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Premna latifolia. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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