Lamiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Premna quadrifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Premna quadrifolia is a shrub or small tree growing up to 3.5 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. Very ornamental when in full bloom, it is well-worth growing in the flower garden[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. Premna quadrifolia has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Senegal to Nigeria, Central African Republic and DR Congo,

HabitatThickets of grassy savannah and forests in areas of secondary growth[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].