Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MS077 : Barleria prattensis Santapau

Plant Category : Shrubs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 377

Synonym : Barleria gibsonii Dalz.; Barleria glauca T. Anders.; Barleria montana Wight & Nees ex C.B.Cl.;

Plant Common Name : Koranti, Pink Barleria, Gulabi Koranti

Plant Family : Acanthaceae

Description : Glabrous subshrubs. 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.

Plant Location in Melghat : In Dhakna, Semadoh, Chikhaldara and Akot

Medicinal Use / Activity : curing fever, energy tonic and increasing lactation level.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: -

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/266004 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Pink%20Barleria.html - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314653166

Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Asteridae
Order : Lamiales
Family : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus : Barleria L. - Philippine violet
Species : Barleria prattensis Santapau

Barleria prattensis Santapau
Barleria prattensis Santapau
Barleria prattensis Santapau