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Barleria mysorensis Heyne ex Roth
Synonyms
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Barleria buxifolia var. mysorensis
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Family
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Acanthaceae
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Local Name
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English - cara-schulli
Malayalam – Chulli
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Flowering and Fruiting Period
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November-April
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Distribution
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Pantropical
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Distribution in Kerala
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Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki,
Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Thrissur
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Habitat
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Deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Uses
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It is used to treat fever, respiratory diseases, toothache,
joint pains.
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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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