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Barleria paniculata
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Barleria paniculata Wall. ex Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 92. 1832; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1060(742). 1924; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 345. 1990.
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Description:
Erect shrubs. Leaves opposite, to 15 x 5 cm membranous, elliptic, long-acuminate at both ends, pilose. Flowers in panicle of terminal and axillary helicoid racemes at the ends of the branches; bracts linear. Outer calyx-lobes lanceolate, one deeply bifid, 1.2-1.7 cm long, inner ovate, long-apiculate, 1 cm long. Corolla 6.2-7.5 cm long, tube cylindric, funnel-shaped at top, the lobes suborbicular, emarginate. Capsule 4-seeded, seeds large appressed hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
Rose, Pink
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kaikatty forests-Pothundy
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