Barleria prattensis Santapau
Barleria prattensis Santapau
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 |