- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(Acanthus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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 : Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On plains to 900m, brought to gardens
- Key identification features : Perennial undershrubs, up to 1 m high; branches diffused; Leaves oblong or elliptic, acute, yellowish hairy beneath; Flowers in capitate spikes, purplish blue or white; Capsules 4-seeded.
- 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
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripur
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Panamá, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Panamá, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- 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.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 240
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Barleria cristata. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.
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