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Premna pubescens

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

• Sengk l (Sundanese)
• Nour Nuif (Dawa)

Geographical Habitats

• Christmas Island - Australia
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• exposed terrace cliffs

Flowering Times

• Jul-Feb (Indonesia)

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Feb (Indonesia)

Climbing woody vine or small tree to 20m, twigs sparsely hairy becoming glabrous. Mainly glabrous leaves to 160mm x 100mm. Corymbose cymes to 100mm long with bracteoles 1mm long, 5-lobed yellow calyx to 3mm long with lobes 1mm long. fruting calyx to 4mm diameter, white corolla tube to 5mm x 2.5mm with lobes to 2mm x 2mm. Glabrous black fruit to 5mm diameter.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• C.M & N.P
• USNH
• Kew
• Academia