✿Verbenaceae · Premna
Naruval / Wooly-Leaved Fire Brand Teak
Premna tomentosa
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- January-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Premna tomentosa
- Genus
- Premna
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India to Southeast Asia
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Naruval itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Naruval itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- பிடங்குநாரி மரம் Pitankunaari maram, கொளுக்கட்டை மரம் Koḷukkaṭṭai maram, கொள்ளிக்கட்டை மரம் Kollikkattai maram
- Kannada
- ನಱುವಲ್, ನರುವಲು Naruval, ನಾರಲೆ Naarale
- Malayalam
- Kattutekku, Kolakatiteku, Kozhukkattathekku, നായ്ത്തേക്ക്
- Marathi
- Chambara
About Naruval
Wooly-leaved Fire Brand Teak (Premna tomentosa) is a tree in the Verbenaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and 3 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to May.
Botanical family
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Naruval belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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