A reply from an expert: "following are the characters of Premna serrattifolia. Please check it. Photos looks like Premna serratifolia. collected from our places also. Large shrubs or small trees, *ca.* 5.5 m high; branches obtusely 4-angular, pubescent, glabrous when mature, lenticellate; internodes 3.5-5.5 cm long; leaf-scars prominent. Leaves ovate-oblanceolate, elliptic-ovate to oblong, cuneate to obtuse at base, entire or faintly serrate crenate-serrate along margins. Obtuse 3-10 x 1.5-8.5 cm, short-acuminate at apex, subcoriaceous, fleshy when fresh, dark green on both surfaces, sometimes paler beneath, pubescent on nerves; lateral nerves 3-5 pairs, prominent; petioles *ca.* 2.5 cm long, stout. Corymbs 7.5-11 x 10-13 cm, terminal to main branches only, 3-5 cymes, pubescent; peduncles 2.0-6.5 cm long, obtusely 4-angular, pubescent; bracts *ca*. 2.5x0.5 mm lanceolate. Flowers foetid; pedicels *ca.* 0.4 mm long. Calyx *ca.* 3x2.5 mm, campanulate, bi-lipped, 5-lobed Corolla infundibular, bi-lipped, 4-lobed, cream-coloured, upper lip *ca.* 3x2 mm, suborbicular, obtuse, lower lip 3-lobed; corlla tube *ca.* 2x2 mm, cylindric, glabrous outside, densely villous at throat. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments filiform, 2-3 mm long, exserted; anthers subglobose, *ca.* 0.5 mm across. Ovary *ca.* 0.4x0.4 mm, obovoid; style 3.5-4 mm long, slender; stigma bi-lobed; lobes equal. Drupes *ca*. 5x4 mm, obovoid or subglobose. with best wishes *SUNILKUMAR.T ( SUNILKUMAR,MUHAMMA)* *DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY* *S.D COLLEGE, ALAPPUZHA*. *KERALA, INDIA"*
*Thanks, Dr. Sunil Kumar.* On 12 June 2014 21:44, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > Looks like the medicinal plant Agnimandha (Premna integrifolia) to me. > Rgds > Ajit > > efi page on Premna serratifolia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/l/lamiaceae/premna/premna-serratifolia> > (syn. > Premna integrifolia) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: M Sawmliana <[email protected]> > Date: 4 June 2014 18:11 > Subject: [efloraofindia:189831] Premna ? for ID (Verbenaceae) > To: [email protected] > > > *Location* : Lengpui, Mizoram. *Altitude* : ca. 400 m. *Date* : > 04-06-2014. *Habit* : small to middle-sized tree. Heartwood durable, not > eaten by termites, used for post. It grows wild. > > > Regards, > M Sawm Liana > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
