✿Acanthaceae · Barleria
Shining Bush-Violet
Barleria nitida
UndershruboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana
- Flowering
- July-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Barleria nitida
- Genus
- Barleria
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-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 Shining Bush-Violet 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 Shining Bush-Violet itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Shining Bush-Violet
Shining Bush-Violet (Barleria nitida) is a low shrub in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Botanical family
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Shining Bush-Violet belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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