• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Basionym : Ruellia barlerioides Roth
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Petalidium barlerioides (Roth) Nees
• Vernacular name : Drakalpa, Malpi (Oria)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Way sides, open forests and moist deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : November-May
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 25/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0516
• Collection Locality : Mahanadi Wildlife Sanctuary, Nyagarh district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Sambalpur district
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, Introduced in elsewhere in gardens
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Petalidium barlerioides. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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