• 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 prattensis Santapau
• Common name : Pink Barleria
• Vernacular name : Madhurakurinji (Malayalam)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Deciduous and moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : This species is allied to B.montana Nees.
• Flower, Fruit : October-January
• Collector(s) Name : B.R. Ramesh & S.R. Ramesh
• Collection Date : 10/11/1979
• Collection Nos : KFP 10479
• Collection Locality : Sandur Hills, Bellari district (KA)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district
  • Telangana : Mehboobnagar district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kollam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kottayam district
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Rayagada district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
• Native : India
• Endemism : India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; 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 prattensis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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