Barleria prionitis L. - porcupine flower
Barleria prionitis L. - porcupine flower
Barleria prionitis L. - porcupine flower
Barleria prionitis L. - porcupine flower
MS078 : Barleria prionitis L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 378 |
| Synonym | : | Barleria appressa (Forssk.) Deflers;
Barleria coriacea Oberm.;
Barleria echinata St.-Lag.;
Barleria hystrix L.;
Barleria prionitis subsp. ameliae (A.Meeuse) Brummitt & J.R.I.Wood;
Barleria prionitis subsp. angustissima (Hochr.) Benoist;
Barleria prionitis subsp. delagoensis (Oberm.) Brummitt & J.R.I.Wood;
Barleria prionitis subsp. induta(C.B.Clarke) Brummitt & J.R.I.Wood;
Barleria prionitis subsp. madagascariensis Benoist;
Barleria prionitis subsp. prionitoides (Engl.) Brummitt & J.R.I.Wood;
Barleria prionitis subsp. pubiflora (Benth. ex Hohen.) Brummitt & J.R.I.Wood;
Barleria prionitis subsp. tanzaniana; Brummitt & J.R.I.Wood;
Barleria prionitis var. pubescens Kuntze;
Barleria quadrispinosa Stokes;
Barleria spicata Roxb.;
Prionitis hystrix (L.) Miq.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kate-Koranti, K- Katakolsa, Porcupine Flower, ommon yellow nail dye, thorny nail dye • Bengali: kantajhinti, pitajhinti • Gujarati: pilo kanta sheriyo • Hindi: jhinti, parush, pila piyabansa, pili katsaraiya, vajradanti • Kannada: mullugoranta • Konkani: korant • Malayalam: karimkurunni • Marathi: kolita, pivali koranti • Oriya: daskaranta • Sanskrit: artagalah, bana, dasi kurantakah, jhinti, kakubha, kinkiratah, kurantakah, kuravakah, mahasaha, mrdukantah, pitakurantakah, pitakuravah, pitamlanah, pitapushpakah, pitasairiyakah, sahacharah, udyanapaki, vajradanti • Tamil: cem-mulli, korantam, koti-p-pacalai, kovintam, kurinci, kutan, mancat-cemmulli • Telugu: gorantachettu |
| Plant Family | : | Acanthaceae |
| Description | : | Erect armed shrubs, spines ca. 1.2 cm long. Leaves to 5-9 x 2.5-4 cm, elliptic, acute, mucronate, base cuneate, sparsely puberulus, ciliate on the margins, gland dotted beneath; petiole to 2 cm. Cymes axillary; bracts 2, 1.5 cm, oblong mucronate; outer calyx lobes 1.3 x 0.4 cm, inner 1.1x 0.2 cm, mucronate, hirsute; corolla tube 2.5 cm, lobes 2 cm obovate; filaments 1.3 cm, staminodes 2, included at the base of the corolla tube; ovary 2.5 mm, style 2.5 cm. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | utilized for treatment of toothache, catarrhal affections, whooping cough, inflammations, glandular swellings, urinary infection, jaundice, fever, gastrointestinal disorders and as diuretic and tonic. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: 6-hydroxyflavone; barlerinoside; shanzhiside methyl ester; barlerin; acetylbarlerin; 7-methoxydiderroside; lupulinoside; balarenone; pipataline prionisides; barlerinoside; verbascoside; scutellarein; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Flavone; Scutellarein; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/8510
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Porcupine%20Flower.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Barleria+prionitis
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32443
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1874390008001109
- https://scialert.net/fulltextmobile/?doi=rjphyto.2012.31.41 |
| Reference | : | ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula
Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Scrophulariales |
| Family | : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family |
| Genus | : Barleria L. - Philippine violet |
| Species | : Barleria prionitis L. - porcupine flower |