Premna serratifolia is a species of small tree or shrub[2] in the family Lamiaceae. It blooms and fruits between May and November.[3] During flowering season, it attracts a large number of butterflies and bees.[4]

Premna serratifolia
Green leaves with tiny green fruit
Leaves and young fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Premna
Species:
P. serratifolia
Binomial name
Premna serratifolia
Synonyms
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  • Premna obtusifolia f. serratifolia (L.) Moldenke
  • Premna obtusifolia var. serratifolia (L.) Moldenke
  • Cornutia corymbosa Burm.f.
  • Gumira abbreviata (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Gumira attenuata (R.Br.) Kuntze
  • Gumira ceramensis (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Gumira cyclophylla (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Gumira dallachyana (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Gumira divaricata (Wall. ex Schauer) Kuntze
  • Gumira domestica Hassk.
  • Gumira foetida (Reinw. ex Blume) Hassk.
  • Gumira integrifolia Hassk.
  • Gumira laevigata (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Gumira limbata (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Gumira nauseosa (Blanco) Kuntze
  • Gumira nitida (K.Schum.) Kuntze
  • Gumira opulifolia (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Gumira punctulata (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze
  • Gumira truncata (Turcz.) Kuntze
  • Premna abbreviata Miq.
  • Premna acuminatissima Merr.
  • Premna angustior (C.B.Clarke) Ridl.
  • Premna arborea Farw.
  • Premna atra Merr.
  • Premna attenuata R.Br.
  • Premna benguetensis C.B.Rob.
  • Premna benthamiana Domin
  • Premna borneensis H.J.Lam
  • Premna brongersmae H.J.Lam
  • Premna capitata A.Meeuse
  • Premna ceramensis Miq.
  • Premna congesta Merr.
  • Premna corymbosa (Burm.f.) Schauer
  • Premna corymbosa var. madagascariensis Moldenke
  • Premna corymbosa var. minor (Ridl.) H.R.Fletcher
  • Premna corymbosa var. obtusifolia (R.Br.) H.R.Fletcher
  • Premna corymbosa var. sambucina (Wall. ex Schauer) Moldenke
  • Premna cyclophylla Miq.
  • Premna dallachyana Benth.
  • Premna dallachyana var. obtusisepala Domin
  • Premna dallachyana var. typica Domin in Repert.
  • Premna dentatifolia Moldenke
  • Premna divaricata Wall. ex Schauer
  • Premna foetida Reinw. ex Blume
  • Premna gaudichaudii Schauer
  • Premna glabra A.Gray ex Maxim.
  • Premna glandulifera Merr.
  • Premna glandulosa Merr.
  • Premna glycycocca F.Muell.
  • Premna guillauminii var. serrata Moldenke
  • Premna hircina Wall.
  • Premna integrifolia L.
  • Premna integrifolia Willd.
  • Premna integrifolia var. angustior C.B.Clarke
  • Premna integrifolia subsp. dentatolabium H.J.Lam
  • Premna integrifolia var. minor Ridl.
  • Premna integrifolia var. obtusifolia (R.Br.) C.Pei
  • Premna integrifolia subsp. truncatolabium H.J.Lam
  • Premna kunstleri King & Gamble
  • Premna laevigata Miq.
  • Premna lamii Moldenke
  • Premna leucostoma Náves ex Fern.-Vill.
  • Premna leytensis Merr.
  • Premna limbata Benth.
  • Premna lucidula Kurz
  • Premna macrophylla H.J.Lam
  • Premna media R.Br.
  • Premna membranifolia Merr.
  • Premna nauseosa Blanco
  • Premna nitida K.Schum.
  • Premna obtusifolia R.Br.
  • Premna obtusifolia var. angustior (C.B.Clarke) Moldenke
  • Premna obtusifolia var. gaudichaudii (Schauer) Moldenke
  • Premna obtusifolia var. madagascariensis (Moldenke) Moldenke
  • Premna obtusifolia var. minor (Ridl.) Moldenke
  • Premna obtusifolia var. pubescens Moldenke
  • Premna obtusifolia var. velutina Benth.
  • Premna octonervia Merr. & F.P.Metcalf
  • Premna opulifolia Miq.
  • Premna ovata R.Br.
  • Premna paniculata H.R.Fletcher
  • Premna papuana Wernham
  • Premna parviflora H.J.Lam
  • Premna perrottetii C.B.Clarke
  • Premna populifolia Miq.
  • Premna punctulata C.B.Clarke
  • Premna sambucina Wall. ex Schauer
  • Premna serratifolia var. minor (Ridl.) A.Rajendran & P.Daniel
  • Premna spinosa Roxb.
  • Premna subcordata Turcz.
  • Premna subglabra Merr.
  • Premna sumatrana Ridl.
  • Premna syringifolia Zipp. ex H.J.Lam & Bakh.
  • Premna tahitensis var. rapensis F.Br.
  • Premna tahitensis var. rimatarensis F.Br.
  • Premna tateana F.M.Bailey
  • Premna tiliifolia Zipp. ex H.J.Lam & Bakh.
  • Premna timoriana Decne.
  • Premna truncata Turcz.
  • Premna woodii Moldenke
  • Premna wrayi King & Gamble
  • Scrophularioides arborea G.Forst.
  • Citharexylum paniculatum Poir.
  • Viburnum chinense Hook. & Arn.

Habitat

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It mostly grow in moist sandy soil and scrub jungles along seacoasts and mangrove forests.[3] In the Philippines, particularly in Cebu Island, it is usually found in the interior, watery forests of Southern Cebu.

Description

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Trees, to 7 m high. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 4–14 mm, slender, pubescent, grooved above; lamina 2.5-8.5 x 2–7.2 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, base acute, obtuse, subcordate or rounded, apex acuminate, mucronate, obtuse, margin entire or subserrate, glabrous above except along the appressed midrib, chartaceous; lateral nerves 3-5 pair, pinnate, prominent, puberulous beneath; intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, in terminal corymbose panicled cymes; bracts small; calyx small campanulate, 2 lipped, 5 lobed; corolla tube short, villous inside, lobes 5; stamens 4, didynamous, inserted below the throat of the corolla tube; anther ovate; ovary superior, 2-4-celled, ovules 4; style linear; stigma shortly bifid. Fruit a drupe, seated on the calyx, globose, purple; seeds oblong.[3]

Medicinal uses

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The plant is extensively used in Indian traditional medicine. Studies on the root wood of P. serattifolia led to the isolation of acteoside, a glucoside derivative.[5] The root bark of the plant which showed biological activities have also shown to contain a potent cytotoxic and antioxidant diterpene, 11,12,16-trihydroxy-2-oxo-5-methyl-10-demethyl-abieta-1[10],6, 8,11,13-pentene.[6]

Culinary uses

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In Vietnam, the aromatic leaves of P. serratifolia are used to cook in some braise or stir fry dishes with chicken, eels or frogs.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Razafiniary, V. (2021). "Premna serratifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T66295794A68121996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T66295794A68121996.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Description given by G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram. Referred from indiabiodiversity portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230814
  3. ^ a b c Described by Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi in India biodiversity portal http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230814
  4. ^ The media files included gives the required verity.
  5. ^ Bose LV, Varghese GK, Habtemariam S. 2013. Identification of acteoside as the active antioxidant principle of Premna serratifolia root wood tissues. Phytopharmacology 4: 228–236
  6. ^ Habtemariam, S., Varghese, G.K. (2015). A Novel Diterpene Skeleton: Identification of a highly aromatic, cytotoxic and antioxidant 5-methyl-10-demethyl-abietane-typediterpene from Premna serratifolia Phytotherapy Research 29(1), 80-85.

Further reading

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  • Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
  • Premna serratifolia L., Mant. Pl. 2: 253. 1771; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1096(767). 1924; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 357. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 318. 1989; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 284. 2002.
  • Premna integrifolia L., Mant. Pl. 2: 252. 1771, nom. illeg.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 574. 1885.
  • Premna obtusifolia R. Br., Prodr. 512. 1810; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 230. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 296. 1985