Barleria involucrata var. involucrata

 
  • 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) : Not found in Plant List
  • Vernacular name :
    • Mayurpunk (Hindi)
    • Kurubakah (Sanskrit)
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Shola
  • Comments / notes : Rare. Found on the margins of Shola, Tropical semi-evergreen forests and plains
  • Key identification features : Shrubs with blue or purplish flowers. Corolla glandular-pubescent outside, with white tube.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-March
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kollam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kottayam district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Shendage & Yadav in Rheedea Vol.20, 2010
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Barleria involucrata var. involucrata. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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