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Premna interrupta

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Wallich ex Schauer

Common Names

• Jian xu dou fu chai (Pinyin)
• Cha Lueat (Thailand)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• Guangxi
• Sichuan
• Xinjiang
• SE. Xizang
• SE. Yunnan - China
• Assam
• Sikkim - India
• Perak - Malaysia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal
• primary montane forest

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• May-Aug (China)

Tall erect or climbing shrub or tree to 4m with glabrous or somewhat hairy twigs. Glabrous leaves to 200mm x 100mm. Thyrses to 200mm long with bracteoles to 1mm long of 4mm white or yellowish-green flowers, golden-hairy 4-lobed pale green calyx to 3mm long with lobes to 1mm long, glabrous scented corolla with white hairs in throat, tube to 2mm long, green to white turning pink with lobes to 3mm x 2mm. Fruit an apically glabrous black drupe to 4mm

Further References

• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• FOMP
• GBS
• Kew
• Thai F.
• USNH
• Academia