Trees & Plants

Headache tree

Ginaveli, Dhakandhaa

Premna serratifolia L.

Common in natural forest areas The roots are astringent, anodyne, anti-inflammatory, cardiotonic, expectorant, depurative, digestive, stomachic, laxative, febrifuge, antibacterial and tonic. The leaves are stomachic, carminative and galactagogue and are useful as a remedy in dysp

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uses: The roots are astringent, anodyne, anti-inflammatory, cardiotonic, expectorant, depurative, digestive, stomachic, laxative, febrifuge, antibacterial and tonic. The leaves are stomachic, carminative and galactagogue and are useful as a remedy in dyspepsia, flatulence, colic, fever, rheumatalgia and tumours. 4; a
family: Verbenaceae
synonym: Premna integrifolia L.
description: Trees, to 8 m high. Leaves × simple, opposite; 2.5-8.5 2-7.2 cm, elliptic-oblong, margin entire or subserrate, chartaceous; lateral nerves 3-5 pair, pinnate, prominent, puberulous beneath; petiole flpubescent. Flowers bisexual, greenish- white, in terminal corymbose panicled cymes. Calyx small, campanulate, 2 lipped, 5 lobed. Corolla tube short, villous inside, lobes 5. Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted below the throat of the corolla tube; anther ovate. Ovary superior, 2-4celled, ovules 4; style linear; stigma shortly bifid. Fruit a drupe, seated on the calyx, globose, purple; seeds oblong.
native range: Asia-Pacific
distribution: Widely in the tropics
english names: Headache tree
flowering fruiting: May – November
occurrence maldives: Common in natural forest areas