About Porcupine Flower Barleria
Barleria prionitis is a shrub in the family Acanthaceae, native to Island and Mainland Southeast Asia, China, the Indian Subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula and northeastern Africa. It is widely spread as an ornamental and weed, occurring in naturalised populations around the world. It used not only as an ornamental but also as a hedge and extensively as a component of folk medicines. As a weed it is regarded as problematic in many areas.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Barleria prionitis
- Genus
- Barleria
- Family
- ACANTHACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Asia, Malaccas
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- झिण्टी jhinti, परुष parush, पीला पियाबांसा pila piyabansa
- Bengali
- কণ্টঝিন্টি kantajhinti, পীতঝিন্টি pitajhinti, কাঁটাজাটি
- Tamil
- செம்முள்ளி cem-mulli, கோரண்டம் korantam, கொடிப்பசலை koti-p-pacalai
- Telugu
- గోరంటచెట్టు gorantachettu, ముల్లుగోరంట mullu goranta, ముల్లుగోరింట
- Kannada
- ಹಳದಿ ಗೋರಟೆ haladi gorate, ಕುರಂಟಕ kurantaka, ಮದರಂಗಿ ಗಿಡ madarangi gida
- Malayalam
- ചെമ്മുള്ളി chemmulli, മന്ജകനകമ്ബരമ് Manjakanakambaram, മഞ്ഞക്കനകാംബരം mannakkanakambaram
- Marathi
- कोळिता kolita, पिवळी कोरांटी pivali koranti, पिवळी कोरांटी
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Porcupine Flower Barleria belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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