Premna serratifolia




Family Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae; also placed in Verbenaceae)
Subfamily Viticoideae
Scientific name Premna serratifolia L.
Synonyms Cornutia corymbosa Burman f.; Premna corymbosa (Burman f.) Rottler & Willdenow; Premna corymbosa (Burman f.) Rottler & Willdenow var. obtusifolia (R. Brown) Flecher; Premna corymbosa (Burman f.) Merrill, non Rottler & Willdenow; Premna integrifolia L.; Premna integrifolia L. var. obtusifolia (R. Brown) P'ei; Premna obtusifolia R. Brown; Premna obtusifolia R. Brown forma serratifolia (L.) Moldenke; Premna obtusifolia R. Brown var. serratifolia (L.) Moldenke
Common name (Japanese common name) taiwan-uo-kusagi [タイワンウオクサギ, 台湾魚臭木 (meaning: Taiwan fish stinking tree)]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Kyushu (south of Amami Islands), Okinawa
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Phlippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Comoros, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants 1-8m tall. Leaves 3-15cm long, 2.5-9.5cm wide. Flowers pale green 1.5-3mm across, inflorescences ca. 10-20cm across, flowering in April to October. Fruits black, 3-4mm long. Evergreen. Shrub.
Reference Premna serratifolia L.
Premna serratifolia Linnaeus



July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa