✿Acanthaceae · Barleria
Chapari / Law's Barleria
Barleria lawii
ShruboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat
- Flowering
- October-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Barleria lawii
- Genus
- Barleria
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-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 Chapari itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chapari itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- चपरी Chapari
- Kannada
- ಕೆನೆ ಗೋರಟೆ ಮುಳ್ಳು Kene Gorate Mullu
About Chapari
Law's Barleria (Barleria lawii) belongs to the Acanthaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra and Gujarat. It grows in shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Botanical family
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Chapari belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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