Barleria strigosa Willd.
Barleria strigosa Willd.
MS113 : Barleria strigosa
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Barleria coerulea Roxb.; Barleria macrophylla Heyne ex C. B. Cl.; Barleria polystachya Hook. ex Nees; Pseudobarleria coerulea (Roxb.) Oerst.; Pseudobarleria polystachya (Hook. ex Nees) Oerst.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Bristly Blue Barleria |
| Plant Family | : | ACANTHACEAE |
| Description | : | Subshrubs. Grow upto 80 cm in height. Stems are coarsely fulvous strigose and subterete. Petiole brownish yellowish strigose and 0.7–2.5cm. Leaf blade is ovate to elliptic, both surfaces are fulvous strigose along veins, 5.5–15x2.2–5.5 cm, secondary veins are ~7 on each side of the midvein, base is cuneate and decurrent on to the petiole and apex is acute. Flowers in terminal dense spikes and in axillary to 5 cm. Bracts are elliptic-oblong to oblong, abaxially along veins strigose, apex is sharply acute. Bracteoles are elliptic and ~1.2cm, single-veined, apex is acute and margin ciliate. Outer calyx ovate, lobes are purple, ~3.2 x 1.8 cm, base is rounded, margin dentate to subentire, apex is acute, inner calyx is yellowish brown, lanceolate, both the surfaces are strigose, ~1.5x0.2 cm. Outer lobes of calyx purple, ~3.2 x 1.8 cm, margin subentire to dentate, base rounded, apex is acute. Inner calyx is lanceolate, yellowish brown, ~1.5 x 0.2 cm, apex is acute and both surfaces are strigose. The corolla is 5-6 cm, purplish red, tube is basally cylindric for ~3.7cm, throat is ~1.2cm, lobes are obovate-oblong. Capsule is ellipsoid, glabrous, 1.4–1.8 x ca. 0.5 cm, shining, four-seeded. Flowering November. Fruiting in february. Chromosome 2n=40. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The bitter juice of the leaves or roots is anti-bacterial, diaphoretic and expectorant. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Phytosterols; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asterids |
| Order | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Acanthaceae |
| Genus | : Barleria |
| Species | : Barleria strigosa Willd. |