Family: Verbenaceae
Synonym: Premna obtusifolia f. serratifolia (L.) Moldenke
Vernacular name: Appel, Kozhichedi, Munja
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Moist sandy soil and scrub jungles along seacoasts and mangrove forests
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Flowering and Fruiting: May-November
Key identification features: It is a shrub having simple, opposite leaves Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, in terminal corymbose panicled cymes; stamens 4, didynamous; ovary superior, 2-4-celled; Fruit a drupe, globose, purple; seeds oblong.
Uses: The leaves have potential in treating cancer, Parkinson's disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, skin melanogenesis, diabetes and obesity.
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