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Barleria prionitis
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Barleria prionitis L., Sp. Pl. 636. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 482. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1058(741). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 220. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 301. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 334. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 299. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 573(a); Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 346. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 494. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 232. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 377. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 535. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 609. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chemmulli, Manjakanakambaram, Shemmuli, Vennkurinjiveru
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Porcupine Flower
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Description:
Erect armed shrubs, spines ca. 1.2 cm long. Leaves to 5-9 x 2.5-4 cm, elliptic, acute, mucronate, base cuneate, sparsely puberulus, ciliate on the margins, gland dotted beneath; petiole to 2 cm. Cymes axillary; bracts 2, 1.5 cm, oblong mucronate; outer calyx lobes 1.3 x 0.4 cm, inner 1.1x 0.2 cm, mucronate, hirsute; corolla tube 2.5 cm, lobes 2 cm obovate; filaments 1.3 cm, staminodes 2, included at the base of the corolla tube; ovary 2.5 mm, style 2.5 cm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-February
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
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Distribution:
Tropical Africa and Asia
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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):
Yellow
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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:
Churullipetty, Tiruvalla, Kannoth, Kathalakandy, Vazhikadavu
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