Premna mollissima

Dusky fire brand mark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Premna
Species: P. mollissima
Binomial name
Premna mollissima
Roth
Synonyms
  • Gumira mollissima (Roth) Kuntze
  • Premna latifolia Roxb.
  • Premna latifolia var. cuneata C.B.Clarke
  • Premna latifolia var. gamblei Haines
  • Premna latifolia var. henryi D.Naras. ex A.Rajendran & P.Daniel
  • Premna latifolia var. major Moldenke
  • Premna latifolia var. mucronata (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke
  • Premna latifolia var. viburnoides C.B.Clarke
  • Premna mucronata Roxb.
  • Premna viburnoides Wall. ex Schauer
  • Premna viburnoides Wall. [1]

The Dusky fire brand mark, (Premna mollissima), is a 8m high small tree in the Verbenaceae family. It is found in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The bark is grey to white in color. Leaves simple, opposite; ovate or elliptic ovate; base rounded; apex acuminate.[2] Bisexual flowers are greenish white in color. Show corymbose cymes inflorescence. Fruit is a black drupe with oblong seeds. [3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-165050
  2. ↑ http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Premna+mollissima
  3. ↑ http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/264097
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