Jhinti / Bluebell Barleria
Barleria cristata
Also known as Crested Philippine Violet, Philippine Violet
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- June-March
How to identify Jhinti
Identify Jhinti by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fringed crested flowers (Philippine violet).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- Confirm fruit type: Capsule.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, West Bengal and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Barleria cristata
- Genus
- Barleria
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malesia, Myanmar, China, Philippines
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, West Bengal, Kerala, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam, Goa, Manipur, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Tripura
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jhinti itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“The fruits are about 1.5 cm long ellipsoid capsules.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jhinti itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- झिण्टी Jhinti, नील झिण्टी Nil Jhinti, तदरेलु Tadrelu
- Nepali
- भेंडे कुर्रो Bhende Kurro, कटसरैया Katsaraiya, लारी फूल
- Bengali
- ঝিন্টি Jhinti, নীল জটি, ঝিন্টি
- Tamil
- டிசம்பர் பூ December Poo, செம்முள்ளி Cem-Mulli, மிதுரி Mituri
- Telugu
- గొబ్బి Gobbi, కోడి కన్ను Kodi Kannu, ములుగోరంట Mulu Goranta
- Kannada
- ಪಟಿಕ Patika, ಸ್ಫಟಿಕ Sphatika, ಝಿಂಟಿ Jhinti
- Malayalam
- കരിമകുറുഞ്ഞി Karimkurunni
- Marathi
- कोरांटी Koranti, किंवा Kinva, काटेकोरंटी Kate-koranti
About Jhinti
Bluebell Barleria (Barleria cristata) belongs to the Acanthaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and 25 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from June to March.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Jhinti belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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