• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Barleria cristata L.
• Common name : Bluebell Barleria, Crested Philippine Violet, Philippine Violet
• Vernacular name : Vajra danti, Jhinti, Nil Jhinti (Hindi); Jhinte, Kuruvaka, Mullugoranta (Kannada); December Poo (Tamil); Gokran (Marathi); Chulli, Kankambram(Malayalam); Neelambaramu, Gobbi, Neeru goranta (Telugu); Daskarada, Banfetali, Banpatoli (Oria)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : On plains to 900m, brought to gardens
• Flower, Fruit : June-March
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh& K. Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 26/11/2015
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0423
• Collection Locality : Palamaneru forest, Chittoor district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malesia, Myanmar, China, Philippines
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Barleria cristata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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