Species of tree
Dusky fire brand mark
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Clade:
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Asterids
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Order:
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Lamiales
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Family:
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Lamiaceae
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Genus:
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Premna
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Species:
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P. mollissima
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Binomial name
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Premna mollissima
Roth
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Synonyms
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- Gumira mollissima (Roth) Kuntze
- Premna latifolia Roxb.
- Premna latifolia var. cuneata C.B.Clarke
- Premna latifolia var. gamblei Haines
- Premna latifolia var. henryi D.Naras. ex A.Rajendran & P.Daniel
- Premna latifolia var. major Moldenke
- Premna latifolia var. mucronata (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke
- Premna latifolia var. viburnoides C.B.Clarke
- Premna mucronata Roxb.
- Premna viburnoides Wall. ex Schauer
- Premna viburnoides Wall. [1]
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Premna mollissima, the dusky fire brand mark, is an 8m high small tree in the family Lamiaceae. It is found in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
Description
The bark is grey to white in color. Leaves simple, opposite; ovate or elliptic ovate; base rounded; apex acuminate.[2] Bisexual flowers are greenish white in color. Show corymbose cymes inflorescence. Fruit is a black drupe with oblong seeds.[3]
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