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Premna hispida Benth. [family Verbenaceae]

Premna hispida is a small tree, with densely pilose branchlets. Leaves are opposite, oblong, acute, entire, 3–8 inches long by half as broad, cuneate at the base, thinly pubescent above but densely pubescent beneath. Petiole is short, stout and hairy. The panicle is short, dense and corymbose, with very hairy branchlets. Pedicels are very short. Flower-calyx is very hairy, 1/12 inch long. The teeth are about 5, deltoid and distinct. Corolla-tube is cylindrical and twice as long as the calyx while the limb is bilabiate. Stamens are not exserted beyond the corolla-lobes. Drupe globose is 1/8 inch in diameter.

Distribution

The plant is widely distributed in West Africa especially in the following regions: Senegambia Upper Guinea Heudelot, 760; Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Sugarloaf Moun-tain, Barter in forest by the River Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 4521; Sherboro Island, Garrett in Herb. Scott-Elliot, 5833; North-east of Sierra Leone, Garrett, 16 and without precise locality.

Scientific classification

Kingdom ...... Plantae

Phylum ....... Tracheophyta

Class ........ Magnoliopsida

Subclass ..... Lamiadae

Order ........ Lamianae

Family ....... Verbenaceae

Genus ........ Premna

Species ...... P. hispida B.

References

Onuegbu, I, Eze, F.l., Eze, B. and Ayogu, P.C. (2019). Phytochemical and antimicrobial properties of Premna hispida, page 12. J.G. Baker and O. Stapf. (1900). Flora of Tropical Africa, page 374. Premna hispida Benth. [family LABIATAE], in Hook. Niger Fl. 485.