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Premna glaberrima
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Family:
VERBENACEAE
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Citation: Premna glaberrima Wight, Ic. t. 1484. 1849; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 577. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1096(767). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 315. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 215. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 368. 1990; Pandura. & V.J. Nair, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 17: 180. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 360. 1994; 511; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 353. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 243. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 311. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 242. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 525. 2002; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 240. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 393. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 642. 2009.
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets scandent, puberulus. Leaves simple, opposite, 15 x 6 cm, elliptic-oblong, abruptly acuminate, rounded at base, entire or distantly serrulate, glabrous; nerves 6-7 pairs; petiole 1.5 cm long. Cymes 5 x 5 cm, terminal, corymbose; pedicels 2 mm long, hairy. Calyx 2 mm long, shortly bilipped, hispid. Corolla greenish white or cream, 5 mm long, throat hairy. Drupes 3 x 3 mm, hispid; seed 1, rugose, brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Chimmini, Rosemala, Kallar, Puthussery, Poonkavanam, Kottayali, Pezha, Poochapara, Maniyaar, Pampa thriveny, Angamoozhy, Meenmutty, Mukkali forests, Kallar, Palacherry, Karamanayar region
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