| Latin name | Premna serratifolia L. | | Family | Lamiaceae | | Identified with (Lat) | Premna obtusifolia R.Br. | | Identified with (Skt) | agnimantha | | Identified with (Hin) | arnī, agetā | | Identified with (Tam) | muññai, pacumuññai | | Identified with (Mal) | muñña, mūñña | | Botanical info | A large shrub or small tree up to 9 m high, growing in the plains throughout India, leaves simple, opposite, flowers small, greenish yellow or greenish white with strong odour, fruits globose drupes | | Search occurrence | agnimantha, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Premna serratifolia L. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 5)
agnimantha, mfn. producing fire by friction; m. Premna Spinosa, Suśr. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2401)
pacumuṉṉai: Headache-tree, s. tr., Premna integrifolia
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