Barleria prattensis Santapau
Barleria prattensis Santapau
Barleria prattensis Santapau
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.;
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| 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 |
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| 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 |