Lamiaceae FAMILY
Premna odorata
Premna odorata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Premna odorata is a shrub or small tree that usually grows up to 10 metres tall, occasionally to 12 metres. The bole can be up to 25cm, occasionally 30cm, in diameter[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes planted, in places such as Florida, the Philippines and India.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, to New Guinea and Australia.
HabitatCommon in thickets and secondary forest at low elevations[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. Thickets and forests near the seashore in Taiwan[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. In or on the margins of gallery forest at elevations up to 400 metres[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].