Premna odorata

Premna odorata is a species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family.[2] It is commonly known as fragrant premna, and is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Yunnan, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and northern Australia, and naturalized in southern Florida[3]

Premna odorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Premna
Species:
P. odorata
Binomial name
Premna odorata
Synonyms[2]

A small tree rarely reaching 10 m, it is used as a source for traditional medicine in the Philippines, and is planted occasionally as an ornamental there and elsewhere.[4]

The island of Siargao in the Philippines is named after P. odorata (known as siargaw or saliargaw in the local languages).[5]

References

  1. Fl. Filip. 488. 1837
  2. "Premna odorata Blanco". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  4. Dianita, Roza; Jantan, Ibrahim (9 May 2017). "Ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological aspects of the genus Premna: A review". Pharmaceutical Biology. 55 (1): 1715–1739. doi:10.1080/13880209.2017.1323225. PMC 6130445. PMID 28486830.
  5. Paredes, Francis Tom; Paredes, Sheila (2017). The Monosyllabic root -ao in Mindanao Languages. 8th Annual In-house Review of the Research Office of Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology. Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology.


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