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'''''Premna serratifolia''''' (Sanskrit : Agnimantha, अग्निमंथ; Marathi and Malayalam :Arani, अरणी, Tagalog : Alagaw )<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/pharmacographia03dymogoog#page/n83/mode/1up/search/pramantha Pharmacographia Indica]</ref> is a small tree/[[shrub]]<ref>Description given by G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram. Referred from indiabiodiversity portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230814</ref> in the [[Verbenaceae]] family. It flowers and fruits between May and November.<ref name=NS>Described by Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi in Indiabiodiversity portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230814</ref> During flowering season, it attracts a large number of butterflies and bees.<ref>The media files included gives the required verity.</ref>
'''''Premna serratifolia''''' (Sanskrit : Agnimantha, अग्निमंथ; Marathi and Malayalam :Arani, अरणी, Tagalog : Alagaw, Palauan : Chosm)<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/pharmacographia03dymogoog#page/n83/mode/1up/search/pramantha Pharmacographia Indica]</ref> is a small tree/[[shrub]]<ref>Description given by G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram. Referred from indiabiodiversity portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230814</ref> in the [[Verbenaceae]] family. It flowers and fruits between May and November.<ref name=NS>Described by Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi in Indiabiodiversity portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230814</ref> During flowering season, it attracts a large number of butterflies and bees.<ref>The media files included gives the required verity.</ref>


==Habitat==
==Habitat==

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Premna serratifolia
Green leaves with tiny green fruit
Leaves and young fruit of P. serratifolia
Scientific classification
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P. serratifolia
Binomial name
Premna serratifolia
Synonyms
  • Premna integrifolia L.
  • Premna obtusifolia R.Br.

Premna serratifolia (Sanskrit : Agnimantha, अग्निमंथ; Marathi and Malayalam :Arani, अरणी, Tagalog : Alagaw, Palauan : Chosm)[1] is a small tree/shrub[2] in the Verbenaceae family. It flowers and fruits between May and November.[3] During flowering season, it attracts a large number of butterflies and bees.[4]

Habitat

It mostly grow in moist sandy soil and scrub jungles along seacoasts and mangrove forests[3]

Description

Trees, to 7 m high. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 4–14 mm, slender, pubescent, grooved above; lamina 2.5-8.5 x 2-7.2 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, base acute, obtuse, subcordate or rounded, apex acuminate, mucronate, obtuse, margin entire or subserrate, glabrous above except along the appressed midrib, chartaceous; lateral nerves 3-5 pair, pinnate, prominent, puberulous beneath; intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, in terminal corymbose panicled cymes; bracts small; calyx small campanulate, 2 lipped, 5 lobed; corolla tube short, villous inside, lobes 5; stamens 4, didynamous, inserted below the throat of the corolla tube; anther ovate; ovary superior, 2-4-celled, ovules 4; style linear; stigma shortly bifid. Fruit a drupe, seated on the calyx, globose, purple; seeds oblong.[3]

References

  1. ^ Pharmacographia Indica
  2. ^ Description given by G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram. Referred from indiabiodiversity portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230814
  3. ^ a b c Described by Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi in Indiabiodiversity portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230814
  4. ^ The media files included gives the required verity.
  • Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
  • Premna serratifolia L., Mant. Pl. 2: 253. 1771; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1096(767). 1924; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 357. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 318. 1989; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 284. 2002.
  • Premna integrifolia L., Mant. Pl. 2: 252. 1771, nom. illeg.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 574. 1885.
  • Premna obtusifolia R. Br., Prodr. 512. 1810; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 230. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 296. 1985