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Barleria prattensis
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Barleria prattensis Sant., Kew Bull. 1948: 487. 1948; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 345. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 15. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 336. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 494. 1997.
Barleria montana sensu Bedd., Ic. t. 257. 1868-1874, non Nees 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 487. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1061(743). 1924; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 493. 1997; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 111. 2000.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Madhurakurinji
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Pink Barleria
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Description:
Herbs. Leaves opposite, to 11 x 5 cm ovate or elliptic, acuminate, mucronate, base acute or attenuate, membranous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 or 6 pairs; petiole to 2 cm long. Flowers solitary, axillary, terminating in short racemes; bracts linear-subulate, 5mm long. Outer calyx lobes 2.2 - 2.5 x 2 cm, puberulent along the nerves; inner linear, 1 x 0.1 cm. Corolla funnel shaped, tube 3 cm long, white, lobes subequal, broadly ovate, pink-purple, 1.5 cm long. Ovary glabrous. Capsules ca. 2 cm long, oblong; seeds 4, orbicular, glabrous.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
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):
Violet
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Saivila, Kanjirakadavu, Damodaran Kolle
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