Premna resinosa
(Hochst.) Schauer
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Description
A shrub. It grows 2-4 m tall. The branches are slender and white. The bark is thin and light brown and peels off in strips. The leaves have a smell. The leaves are 1-3 cm long. They are opposite and in groups of 4. Two are larger and two are smaller. The flowers are greenish-white. They are very small and in small groups. The fruit is black and fleshy. It is oval and 4-7 mm across.
Edible Uses
The ripe fruit are eaten raw, and the seeds are also eaten. The aromatic leaves are used to flavour tea.
Traditional Uses
The ripe fruit are eaten. The seeds are eaten. The leaves are used to flavour tea.
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Distribution
It is a tropical to Mediterranean plant. It grows in lowland shrub and grassland. It grows between sea level and 1,000 m altitude. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Middle East, Oman, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seeds. Sometimes the seeds need to have the hard seed coat nicked to allow germination.
Production
There are 700-1,000 seeds per kg.
Notes
Also put in the family Verbenaceae.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Boba'o, Dodoatteta, Kabout, Lomonera, Mermer, Mu-karakara, Saat, Sekeb, Tetwen, Urgecha, Urgesa
References (15)
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- Dale, I. R. and Greenway, P. J., 1961, Kenya Trees and Shrubs. Nairobi. p 592
- East African Herbarium records, 1981,
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