{"id":1416047,"date":"2017-10-16T07:14:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T07:14:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T12:08:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T06:38:33","slug":"premna-odorata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/premna-odorata\/","title":{"rendered":"Premna odorata"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Premna<\/i> odorata<\/i> Blanco, Fl. Filip. 488 1837<\/em>. (syn: Gumira flavescens<\/em> Kuntze; Gumira leucostoma<\/em> (Miq.) Kuntze; Gumira odorata<\/em> (Blanco) Kuntze; Gumira vestita<\/em> (Schauer) Kuntze; Premna cumingiana<\/em> var. pierreana<\/i> (Dop) P.H.H\u00f4, nom. inval.; Premna curranii<\/em> H.J.Lam; Premna depauperata<\/em> Merr.; Premna depauperata<\/em> var. oswaldiana<\/i> Moldenke; Premna depauperata<\/em> var. serrulata<\/i> Moldenke; Premna flavescens<\/em> Buch.-Ham. ex C.B.Clarke, nom. illeg.; Premna flavescens<\/em> var. rubens<\/i> C.B.Clarke; Premna goeringii<\/em> Turcz.; Premna hamiltonii<\/em> J.L.Ellis; Premna inaequilateralis<\/em> Beer & H.J.Lam; Premna latifolia<\/em> var. cuneata<\/i> C.B.Clarke; Premna latifolia<\/em> var. major<\/i> Moldenke; Premna leucostoma<\/em> Miq.; Premna maclurei<\/em> Merr.; Premna oblongata<\/em> var. puberula<\/em>; Premna odorata<\/em> var. detergibilis<\/i> (C.B.Clarke) Moldenke; Premna odorata<\/em> var. pierreana<\/i> (Dop) Moldenke, nom. inval.; Premna peekelii<\/em> H.J.Lam; Premna rubens<\/em> (C.B.Clarke) Ridl.; Premna rufidula<\/em> Miq.; Premna ruttenii<\/em> H.J.Lam; Premna subscandens<\/em> Merr.; Premna subscandens<\/em> var. minutiflora<\/i> Moldenke; Premna tomentosa<\/em> var. detergibilis<\/i> C.B.Clarke; Premna tomentosa<\/em> var. pierreana<\/i> Dop, no Latin descry.; Premna vestita<\/em> Schauer);<\/div>\n
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Taiwan to Trop. Asia and N. Australia<\/span> as per WCSP<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tree about 40-60 ft tall. Bark brown, branches and branchlets obtusely quadrangular, young parts pubescent, slightly glabrous when mature, nodes annulate with bands of brownish hairs. Leaves simple, opposite, cordate-ovate, cordate, 10-28 x 6.5-19 cm across, base subcordate, obtuse or rounded, margins entire, apex acuminate, chartaceous, dark green slightly pubescent above, slightly paler densely pubescent with yellowish hairs, and grayish hairs on the veins beneath, lateral veins 5-8 on either side of the midvein, ascending, parallel, veins impressed above and prominent beneath, petiole slender, stout, quadrangular, glabrous, about 2-6.5 cm long, exstipulate. Inflorescence terminal corymbs, composed of 4-8 opposite dichotomously branched cymes, about 15 x 25 cm wide, peduncles obtusely quadragular, 2-6.5 cm long, bracts linear, pubescent, about 5-6 mm long. Flowers bisexual, many, cream white or creamish yellow, pedicels, subsessile, about 1 mm long, calyx cupular, 4 toothed, 2 lipped, teeth serrate-dentate, apex acute, pubescent outside, about 1.5 x 2 mm across, corolla infundibular, 4 lobed, lobes subequal, 2 lipped, greenish yellow, cream white, lobes obovate to oblong, apex obtuse, 4 x 3 mm across, corolla tube narrow, densely pubescent at the throat, glabrous outside, stamens 4, didynamous, exserted, filaments glabrous, filiform, about 3-4 mm long, anthers globose, 2 loculed, about 0.5 mm long, ovary bicarpellary, superior, 4 loculed, obovoid or subglobose, about 1 x 1.5 mm across, style slender, filiform, about 3-3.5 mm long, stigma bi-lobed, lobes subulate. Fruit drupaceous, obovoid, glabrous, about 5 mm across, black when ripe, fruiting calyx saucer-shaped.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Evergreen forests near streams and slopes.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Local Distribution: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha. Global Distribution: Asia: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar.<\/span><\/div>\n
(Attributions- Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India. Indian Bioresource Information Network (IBIN), Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India from India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a>)
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Submisssion of Premna lucidula Miq.,<\/a> : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I had gone through the Premna<\/em> page, I would like to add one more species<\/div>\n
Plant name: Premna\u00a0lucidula<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Miq<\/span>.,<\/span> Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 898. 1858<\/span><\/cite>.<\/span><\/div>\n
Syn. Premna hamiltonii<\/i> J.L.Ellis<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n
Ver.name: Nauru<\/strong> (Tel.)<\/div>\n
Family: Lamiaceae<\/em><\/div>\n
Description: <\/span><\/span>Deciduous trees, 10-20m tall; branches and branchlets 4 angled; young parts densely pubescent. Leaves opposite; petiole 2-6 cm long, pubescent; lamina ovate-cordate, 10-20 \u00d7 7-15 cm, base rounded or sub-cordate, margins entire, apex acute; densely ashy tomentose, and dotted with minute yellow glands on both surfaces. Flowers creamy white, 3-4 mm across, subsessile on terminal corymbs that are composed of 4-6 decussate-opposite dichotomously branched cymes to 8-15 \u00d7 10-15 cm., calyx cuplike, 2 lipped, pubescent outside. Corolla infundibular, 2 lipped, densely hairy on throat. Stamens 4, didynamous. G(2)<\/u>, ovary globose; style slender, stigma 2 lobed. Drupe globose 5mm across, black when mature<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat & location: Rare<\/span>. Found in hill slopes near streams.<\/span>
\nPhotographed at Nandanavanam near Kanigiri.
\n<\/span>It is endemic to Eastern ghats.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Thanks, …, for a new addition.<\/div>\n
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Catalogue of Life<\/span><\/a> (based on WCSP) & GBIF<\/span><\/a> gives it as a syn. of Premna pubescens <\/em>Blume<\/p>\n

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I have followed the Plant list at the time of writing my report 2 years back, even today the Plant list indicates as separate species<\/p>\n

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Further problem is that WCSP<\/span><\/a> give its range as SW. & C. Malesia only.<\/div>\n
So it may not be our plant.<\/div>\n
Pl. check with herbarium images at https:\/\/www.gbif.org\/species\/3896431<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
It also list one image from India as Premna<\/em> hamiltonii<\/i> J.L.Ellis at<\/div>\n
http:\/\/data.rbge.org.uk\/bgbase\/vherb\/<\/span><\/a>, to which your plant appears to match<\/div>\n
As per WCSP<\/span><\/a>, it is shown as a syn. of Premna<\/em> odorata<\/i><\/strong> Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 488 (1837). <\/span><\/u>(with distribution as Taiwan to Trop. Asia and N. Australia\u00a0<\/span> 36 CHH 38 TAI 40 ASS BAN IND SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL PHI SUL SUM XMS 43 BIS NWG 50 NTA QLD (78) fla)
\nSo should we close the id as <\/span>Premna<\/em> odorata<\/i> Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 488 (1837).\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/div>\n
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Thank you for the opinion, It is basically identified as Premna hamiltonii<\/em> at BSI , in the plant list the syn. at that time is Premna lucidula<\/em> Miq., hence I followed the same; even in flora of A.P by Pulliah and Gamble’s Flora it is given as Premna hamiltonii<\/em> only<\/p>\n

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\nANSEPT58 Premna tomentosa<\/a> : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes you are correct, the leaves are aromatic and used to get flavor in ghee.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Affirmative good photos of P. <\/em>tomentosa<\/em><\/p>\n

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To me this appears close to … images at Premna odorata<\/em> Blanco<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Perfectly match with Premna tomentosa<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks, …\u00a0But to me images look different from those at Premna tomentosa<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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It is commonly available in the scrub jungle and deciduous forests, no doubt in its identity.<\/p>\n

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If it is so, than images at Premna tomentosa<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0are not properly identified.
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Classification of plant Givotia mucronata<\/a> : 11 posts by 3 authors. 1 image.
\nPlease help on the plant and classification of<\/span> plant Givotia mucronata
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We have only Givotia rottleriformis<\/em><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span>Griff.<\/span> in India. And it looks different from images at Givotia rottleriformis<\/em><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span>Griff.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Also could not find any match at <\/span>Euphorbiaceae<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u200e<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is not <\/span>Givotia<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Premna tomentosa<\/em> ?
\n<\/span>Lamiaceae<\/em> family member.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This does not appear to be Givotia<\/em>. It looks like Premna corymbosa<\/em>. Check with the images of that species.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Thanks, …, I think you nailed the id.<\/div>\n
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Where and when this picture was taken ?<\/div>\n
Can you send a better resolution image to check the details ?<\/div>\n
Thanks, …, for the initial id.
\nTo me it appears more closer to images at <\/span>Premna odorata<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0rather than <\/span>Premna corymbosa<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0or <\/span>Premna tomentosa<\/em><\/span><\/a>, with this low resolution image.<\/span><\/div>\n
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It is not <\/span>Premna<\/em>,\u00a0 <\/span>Givotia<\/em> belongs to Family: <\/span>Euphorbiaceae<\/em> of <\/span>Malpighiales<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks, … But it is not Givotia<\/em>.
\nTo me it appears close to images at\u00a0 <\/span>Premna odorata<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0rather than <\/span>Premna corymbosa<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0or <\/span>Premna tomentosa<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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one of our botany professor told that it is <\/span>Gmelia arborea<\/em> but confussed since it does not have fruiting bodies in this season<\/span><\/div>\n
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Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \u00a0WCSP<\/a> \u00a0IPNI<\/a> \u00a0India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0stuartxchange<\/a>\u00a0 Useful Tropical Plants<\/a>\u00a0 USDA PLANTS<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Premna odorata Blanco, Fl. Filip. 488 1837. (syn: Gumira flavescens Kuntze; Gumira leucostoma (Miq.) Kuntze; Gumira odorata (Blanco) Kuntze; Gumira vestita (Schauer) Kuntze; Premna cumingiana var. pierreana (Dop) P.H.H\u00f4, nom. inval.; Premna curranii H.J.Lam; Premna depauperata Merr.; Premna depauperata var. oswaldiana Moldenke; Premna depauperata var. serrulata Moldenke; Premna flavescens Buch.-Ham….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5424],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1416047","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-premna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1416047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1416047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1416047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1416047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1416047"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1416047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}