''Premna mollissima'', the dusky fire brand mark, is an 8m high small tree in the family

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Description

The bark is grey to white in color. Leaves simple, opposite; ovate or elliptic ovate; base rounded; apex acuminate. Bisexual flowers are greenish white in color. Show corymbose cymes inflorescence. Fruit is a black drupe with oblong seeds.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15354606 mollissima Flora of China Flora of tropical Asia