Shining Bush-Violet
Barleria nitida
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana
- Flowering
- July-March
How to identify Shining Bush-Violet
Identify Shining Bush-Violet by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Telangana.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Shining Bush-Violet.
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.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Shining Bush-Violet belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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