Premna herbacea
Roxb.
Lamiaceae
Gumira herbacea (Roxb.) Kuntze
Premna acaulis (F.Muell.) Merr.
Premna angustifolia H.J.Lam
Premna macrophylla glaberrima Moldenke
Premna nana Collett & Hemsl.
Premna obovata Merr.
Premna sessilifolia H.J.Lam
Pygmaeopremna acaulis (F.Muell.) Moldenke
Pygmaeopremna herbacea (Roxb.) Moldenke
Pygmaeopremna humilis Merr.
Pygmaeopremna nana (Collett & Hemsl.) Moldenke
Pygmaeopremna sessilifolia (H.J.Lam) Moldenke
Tatea acaulis F.Muell.
Tatea herbacea (Roxb.) Junell
Tatea humilis (Merr.) Junell
Tatea subacaulis F.Muell.
Common Name:
General Information
Premna herbacea is a low-growing herbaceous perennial plant or a dwarf undershrub with stems up to 15 cm tall, occasionally to 30cm. Most of the stem is underground, the plant having a creeping woody rhizome, the above-ground part is slender and simple or with single dichotomous branching[
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- Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
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The plant is often harvested from the wild for local medicinal use and occasionally as a food. It is cultivated for medicinal use in India and Sri Lanka[
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Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
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- Flora of China
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- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
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- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
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- 1994
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- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
Range
E. Asia - southern China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia.
Habitat
A characteristic plant of open grasslands exposed to periodic fire[
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- Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
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- Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
]. Dry places at elevations from 200 - 1,700 metres[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Perennial |
| Height | 0.10 m |
| Cultivation Status | Cultivated, Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
The ripe fruits are occasionally eaten[
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- Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
]. The black, obovoid-globose fruit is 5 - 10mm long[
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- Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
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- http://proseanet.org/
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- Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
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Medicinal
The juice from roots and rhizomes is used in India to treat dropsy, cough, asthma, fever, rheumatism and cholera[
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- Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
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- http://proseanet.org/
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- Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
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Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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