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Barleria mysorensis Heyne ex Roth



Synonyms
:
Barleria buxifolia var. mysorensis
Family                  
:
Acanthaceae
Local Name
:
English - cara-schulli
Malayalam Chulli
Flowering and Fruiting Period
:
November-April
Distribution 
:
Pantropical     
Distribution  in Kerala                     
:
Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Thrissur
Habitat
:
Deciduous forests, also in the plains 
Uses
:
It is used to treat fever, respiratory diseases, toothache, joint pains.
Key Botanical Characters:
Shrubs, branchlets silky pubescent, spinescent. Leaves to 2.5 x 1.8 cm, obovate-elliptic, apex obtuse, mucronate, base cuneate, ca. 5 nerved; petiole 0.5 cm. Flowers solitary, axillary, subsessile, blue; outer two calyx lobes 1.2 x 0.8 cm, ovate, silky pubescent, inner 0.5 cm, lanceolate; corolla tube to 2 cm, lobes 1 cm, obovate; filaments 1 cm; ovary ovoid, acute at apex.




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