Biology:Premna odorata

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Short description: Species of plant

Premna odorata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Premna
Species:
P. odorata
Binomial name
Premna odorata
Blanco[1]
Synonyms[2]
Fruit of Premna odorata

Premna odorata is a species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family.[2] It is commonly known as fragrant premna, and is native to the Indian subcontinent, Yunnan, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Northern Australia, and naturalized in southern Florida[3]

A small tree rarely reaching 10 m, it is used as a source for traditional medicine in the Philippines , and is planted occasionally as an ornamental there and elsewhere.[4]

The island of Siargao in the Philippines is named after P. odorata (known as siargaw or saliargaw in the local languages).[5]

References

  1. Fl. Filip. 488. 1837
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Premna odorata Blanco". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:864355-1. 
  3. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  4. Dianita, Roza; Jantan, Ibrahim (9 May 2017). "Ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological aspects of the genus Premna: A review". Pharmaceutical Biology 55 (1): 1715–1739. doi:10.1080/13880209.2017.1323225. PMID 28486830. 
  5. Paredes, Francis Tom; Paredes, Sheila (2017). The Monosyllabic root -ao in Mindanao Languages. 8th Annual In-house Review of the Research Office of Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology. Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology. 

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