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Barleria strigosa
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Barleria strigosa Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 379. 1800; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 489. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1061(743). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 221. 1982; Remadevi & Binoj., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 25: 231. 2001.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nilakurnji
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect, perennial herbs or undershrubs; stems 4-gonous, appressed-hairy. Leaves opposite, 8-20 x 5-10 cm, elliptic-ovate to oblong, narrowed towards the base, acuminate, lineolate, glabrous except strigosely hairy nerves beneath; petiole 2-5 cm long. Flowers in many-flowered cincinni; bracteoles ovate-elliptic, ciliate, appressed-hairy. Outer calyx lobes broadly ovate-rounded, obtuse, denticulate-ciliate, appressedly long-hairy, 2.5-3 x 0.18-2.5 cm; anterior lobes usually bidentate at apex; inner ones linear-lanceolate, ciliate, 1-1.4 cm long. Corolla pale blue, 6-8 cm long. Capsule glabrous, 1.5-1.8 x 0.5-0.6 cm; seeds 4, shaggy with long white hairs when wet.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
Blue
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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:
-400
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Localities:
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