Jhatela / Dusky Fire Brand Mark
Premna latifolia
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- May-January
How to identify Jhatela
Identify Jhatela by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Corymb.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Meghalaya and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Premna latifolia
- Genus
- Premna
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Foothills, scrub or open forests of all hill ranges
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Mizoram, Gujarat, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Delhi, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-January
- 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;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Leaves simple, opposite;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jhatela 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.“Show corymbose cymes inflorescence.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“Fruit is a black drupe with oblong seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jhatela itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- Gonderi
- Bengali
- Gohara
- Hindi
- झटेला Jhatela, Bakar, Bharkhar
- Kannada
- Agnimantha
- Malayalam
- Munja, Knappa, Nappa
- Manipuri
- ꯎꯄꯣꯡꯊꯥ Upongtha
- Tamil
- Chelumalaron, Chedi Munnai, Erumaimunnai
- Telugu
- Konda manga, Kondamanga, Navuru, Nelli, Nelli chettu
About Jhatela
Dusky fire brand mark (Premna latifolia) is a tree in the Verbenaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 23 other states. It grows in foothills, scrub or open forests of all hill ranges. Flowering and fruiting run from May to January.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Jhatela belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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