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Barleria mysorensis
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Barleria mysorensis Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 313. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 484. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1059(742). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 220. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 276. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 299. 1989; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 301. 1984; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 572. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 232. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 227. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 535. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 609. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chulli, Karachulli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets silky pubescent, spinescent. Leaves to 2.5 x 1.8 cm, obovate-elliptic, apex obtuse, mucronate, base cuneate, ca. 5 nerved; petiole 0.5 cm. Flowers solitary, axillary, subsessile, blue; outer two calyx lobes 1.2 x 0.8 cm, ovate, silky pubescent, inner 0.5 cm, lanceolate; corolla tube to 2 cm, lobes 1 cm, obovate; filaments 1 cm; ovary ovoid, acute at apex.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Blue
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Thekkady, Taliparamba, Kasaragod, Pathirapally
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