Summary
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 2:253. 1771
Verified:
08/20/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
- Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
- Leeratiwong, C. et al. 2009. A Synopsis of the genus Premna L. (Lamiaceae) in Thailand. Nat. Hist. J. Chulalongkorn Univ. 9:138-140.
- Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: = Premna obtusifolia
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Common names
English
bastard guelder – coastal premna – creek premna – unknown
arani –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Comoros | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | India | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | East Timor | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Solomon Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | n. |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | n. & e. |
| 1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | n. |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Guam | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Northern Mariana Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Kiribati | Gilbert Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Nauru | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Samoa | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, India
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PAPUASIA:
Solomon Islands
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INDO-CHINA:
India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, East Timor
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Northern Territory (n.), Queensland (n. & e.), Western Australia (n.)]
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, Kiribati [Gilbert Islands], New Caledonia, Nauru, Samoa
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Medicines | folklore | | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):416. |
| Medicines | folklore | as Premna obtusifolia | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=428208.
Accessed 10 May 2025.