Premna rubens (C.B.Clarke) Ridl.

 
  • Family : VERBENACEAE
    (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Lamiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Gumira odorata Kuntze; Gumira leucostoma Kuntze; Gumira vestita Kuntze; Premna cumingiana P.H.Hô; Premna curranii H.J.Lam; Premna depauperata Merr.; Premna depauperata Moldenke; Premna depauperata Moldenke; Premna flavescens C.B.Clarke; Premna goeringii Turcz.; Premna inaequilateralis Beer & H.J.Lam; Premna latifolia C.B.Clarke; Premna latifolia Moldenke; Premna leucostoma Miq.; Premna maclurei Merr.; Premna oblongata H.J.Lam; Premna odorata Moldenke; Premna odorata Moldenke; Premna peekelii H.J.Lam; Premna rufidula Miq.; Premna ruttenii H.J.Lam; Premna subscandens Merr.; Premna subscandens Moldenke; Premna tomentosa C.B.Clarke; Premna tomentosa Dop; Premna vestita Schauer
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Premna odorata Blanco
  • Habit : Scrambling shrub or tree
  • Key identification features : Shrub or small tree; Twigs, petioles, leaves covered with pale eret hairs; Leaves 6.5–16 cm long, 4–10 cm wide, domatia when present appear as tufts of hairs, twigs marked with pale-coloured lenticels, petiole about 2-6cm long; Inflorescence panicles, about 5.5-13 cm long; Flowers nearly sessile; Calyx variable but usually bilabiate, 1.5-2.5mm long, densely pubescent outside, glabrous inside, calyx tube aboutr 1-1.5mm long, lobes about 0.5-1mm long; Corolla two-lipped, about 3.5-5.5mm long, corolla tube twice the length of the calyx, lower lobe about 1.5-2mm long, lateral lobes about 1-1.5mm long, inner surface of the corolla tube hairy; Stamens exserted, one pair of filaments 1.5–3 mm long, other pair 1–2 mm long, filaments glabrous, sometimes with hairs near the base; Ovary globose, about 1mm in diameter, style glabrous, about 3-5mm long, shortly bifid at the apex; Fruit globose or obovoid, about 3-5mm long, 3-4.5mm wide.
  • Distribution :
    • Assam : Assam
  • Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas Island, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Taiwan to Tropical Asia and N. Australia
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume II. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Premna rubens
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Premna rubens. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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