Premna serratifolia L..


Synonym : Premna integrifolia L.(illegitimate)
Cornutia corymbosa Burm.f.
Gumira truncata (Turcz.) Kuntze
Pre
Bangla Name : Lamiaceae
English Name : -
Family : Lamiaceae
Disease : Stomachic
Description : Tree, Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole slender, pubescent, grooved above; lamina elliptic, elliptic-oblong, base acute, obtuse, subcordate or rounded, apex acuminate, mucronate, obtuse, margin entire or subserrate. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, in terminal corymbose panicled cymes; bracts small; calyx small campanulate; corolla tube short, villous inside; stamens 4, didynamous, inserted below the throat of the corolla tube; anther ovate; ovary superior, ovules 4; style linear; stigma shortly bifid. Fruit a drupe, seated on the calyx, globose, purple; seeds oblong.
Distribution : Sundarbans, Chittagong, Sylhet.
Chemical Constituents : Chief alkaloids are premnine, ganikarine and ganikarine
Uses : This plant is used in Stomachic,also used as bitter tonic.
Habit : Tree