✿Verbenaceae · Premna
Premna corymbosa
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- December-September
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Premna corymbosa
- Genus
- Premna
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Foothills of the ghats, also in dry forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“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 exce” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- EntirerecordedA smooth, unbroken edge with no teeth or notches.“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 exce” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“petiole 4–14 mm, slender, pubescent, grooved above;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Premna corymbosa itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- CorymbrecordedA flat-topped cluster where outer flower stalks are longer than inner ones.“Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, in terminal corymbose panicled cymes;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Premna corymbosa itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Premna corymbosa
Premna corymbosa is a tree in the Verbenaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra. It grows in foothills of the ghats, also in dry forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to September.
Botanical family
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Premna corymbosa belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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