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Barleria lawii
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Barleria lawii Anders., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 492. 1867; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:486.1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1060(742).1924; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 492. 1997.
Barleria beddomei Anders. ex. Bedd., Ic. t. 258. 1868-1874.
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Description:
Shrubs, about 2 m tall, branches appressed hary. Leaves to 16 x 6 cm, elliptic, long-acuminate, base tapering, pubescent along the nerves beneath, entire; petiole 1.5-2 cm long. Flowers solitary, axillary or in glandular racemes; bracts linear-lanceolate; bracteoles smaller. Calyx lobes 4, prominently nerved and reticulately veined, outer 2 larger, ovate-lanceolate, c. 1.5 cm long, one shortly bifid at apex, inner lobes linear-lanceolate, Corolla violet, tube c. 4 cm long, lobes obovate. Stamens 2, exserted, filaments glabrous; staminodes 3. Ovary obovoid; style glabrous; stigma simple. Capsules 2-2.5 x 0.5-0.8 cm, obovoid, compressed, narrowed to the base, glabrous; seeds 4, orbicular, 5 mm across, silky hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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):
White
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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:
Machiri
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