• 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 longiflora L.f.
• Common name : Lamb Koranti
• Vernacular name : Adayanda (Sanskrit)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Deciduous and scrub forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional in foothills of scrub forests to open deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : August-February
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 05/11/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-182
• Collection Locality : Aluru kona, Tadipatri Taluk, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Guntur district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Telangana : Mehboobnagar district, Nalgonda district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Odisha : Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Krishnagiri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Dindigul district, Vellore district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• 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. 3; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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 longiflora. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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