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 |