Premna corymbosa Rottler & Willd., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 187 1803. (syn: Gumira corymbosa (Rottler & Willd.) Kuntze; Premna alstonii Moldenke [Invalid]; Premna scandens Bojer);


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Identification of Premna requested. : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)

Please help in the identification of this Premna species, is it Premna corymbosa 

It is a scandent shrub; leaves glabrous, flowers in cymes, corolla purplish, 1 cm long. Calyx 2 lipped. fruit globose, 0.5 cm across, seated on the persistent calyx. 
photographed in Eastern ghats.


Yes, … A less known species, seem to be confused with other species http://www.tropicos.org/name/33700555

It is only recorded from AP and TN in India, and from Sri Lanka.


where exactly in the western ghats
eastern end? or where

near by town/ village will be helpful


 

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130713 ASP 105 : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 4 authors.

Please ID this small shrub the leaves of which are used as vegetables. Photo taken in Sri Lanka in April 2012.


Premna sp?


Looks like a species of Premna; probably P. alstonii, the fruits turn purple when ripe.


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Premna latifolia Roxb.15Feb SN 12 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)

Premna latifolia Roxb., erect, highly branched shrub, from scrub jungles of Kancheepuram district, Tamilnadu


Can it be Premna corymbosa as per keys at An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995) ?


Yes it looks like Premna corymbosa


 

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Premna corymbosa (Burm. f) Rottl. ex Willd. SN Feb-19Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author.

Premna corymbosa (Burm. f) Rottl. ex Willd.; Fam: Verbinaceae, Shrub

fruiting, south Chennai scrub jungle.


it is also Premna corymbosa, but the images are not good