Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Verbenaceae | Genus: Premna | Species:
Premna mollissima Roth
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Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Premna latifolia Roxb., Gumira mollissima (Roth) Kuntze | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Jhatela, Bakarcha, Basotandia | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Dusky fire brand mark | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Jhatela, Bakarcha, Basotandia | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 1800m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a drupe, globose, black; seeds oblong. |
| Habitat | Dry deciduous forests | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | India and Bangladesh | Bark Details | Bark grayish white, somewhat rough, blaze slightly greenish white, soft, black when dried, young parts pubescent and young stem spinous. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Tree upto 8 m high; Bark greyish-white. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole slender, pubescent; leaf lamina ovate or elliptic ovate, base rounded, truncate or cordate, apex acuminate, margin entire or serrate, puberulent above and glabrous below, membranous. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, in terminal corymbose cymes, calyx obscurely 2 lipped, upper lip 2 and lower lip 3 lobed cupular; corolla tube densely villous inside, lobes ovate, obtuse; stamens 4, inserted in the middle of the tube, exserted, didynamous. Fruit a drupe, globose, black; seeds oblong. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole slender, pubescent; leaf lamina ovate or elliptic ovate, base rounded, truncate or cordate, apex acuminate, margin entire or serrate, puberulent above and glabrous below, membranous. |
