Premna serratifolia L..
Synonym : | Premna integrifolia L.(illegitimate) Cornutia corymbosa Burm.f. Gumira truncata (Turcz.) Kuntze Pre |
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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 |