Lamiaceae
Malbau
Premna serratifolia
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Premna
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- شوجب بورنيوني
- Bangla
- গনিয়ারি, ভেষজ বৃক্ষ, মাইছ্যা পাতা
- Chinese
- 伞序臭黄荆, 臭娘子, 八脈臭黃荊, 八脉臭黄荆, 钝叶臭黄荆, 钝葉臭黃荆, 大叶山布惊树, 臭八脉木
- English
- Malbau, Herbal tree, Premna
- French
- Faux sureau, Sureau, Sureau de Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Malay
- Bebuas, Pokok Ambong-ambong laut
- Thai
- ช้าเลือด
Synonyms
- Cornutia corymbosa Burm.f.
- Gumira abbreviata (Miq.) Kuntze
- Gumira attenuata (R.Br.) Kuntze
- Gumira ceramensis (Miq.) Kuntze
- Gumira cyclophylla (Miq.) Kuntze
- Gumira dallachyana (Benth.) Kuntze
- Gumira divaricata (Wall. ex Schauer) Kuntze
- Gumira domestica Hassk.
- Gumira foetida (Reinw. ex Blume) Hassk.
- Gumira integrifolia Hassk.
- Gumira laevigata (Miq.) Kuntze
- Gumira limbata (Benth.) Kuntze
- Gumira nauseosa (Blanco) Kuntze
- Gumira nitida (K.Schum.) Kuntze
- Gumira opulifolia (Miq.) Kuntze
- Gumira punctulata (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze
- Gumira truncata (Turcz.) Kuntze
- Premna abbreviata Miq.
- Premna acuminatissima Merr.
- Premna angustior (C.B.Clarke) Ridl.
- Premna arborea Farw.
- Premna atra Merr.
- Premna attenuata R.Br.
- Premna benguetensis C.B.Rob.
- Premna benthamiana Domin
- Premna borneensis H.J.Lam
- Premna brongersmai H.J.Lam
- Premna capitata A.Meeuse
- Premna ceramensis Miq.
- Premna congesta Merr.
- Premna corymbosa (Burm.f.) Schauer
- Premna corymbosa var. madagascariensis Moldenke
- Premna corymbosa var. minor (Ridl.) H.R.Fletcher
- Premna corymbosa var. obtusifolia (R.Br.) H.R.Fletcher
- Premna corymbosa var. sambucina (Wall. ex Schauer) Moldenke
- Premna cyclophylla Miq.
- Premna dallachyana Benth.
- Premna dallachyana var. obtusisepala Domin
- Premna dallachyana var. typica Domin
- Premna dentatifolia Moldenke
and 62 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: lunarjade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 五色鳥, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: poorni A, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Eric Paidjan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.