Jhinti / Porcupine Flower Barleria
Barleria prionitis
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Telangana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- August-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Barleria prionitis
- Genus
- Barleria
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Asia, Malaccas
- Found in India
- Telangana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Daman & Diu, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The leaves are elliptic to ovate (4-10.5 × 1.8-5.5 cm) with both surfaces pubescent when young but becoming glabrescent soon.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“The leaves are elliptic to ovate (4-10.5 × 1.8-5.5 cm) with both surfaces pubescent when young but becoming glabrescent soon.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
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, परुष parush, पीला पियाबांसा pila piyabansa, jhinti katsareya
- Bengali
- কণ্টঝিন্টি kantajhinti, পীতঝিন্টি pitajhinti, কাঁটাজাটি
- Tamil
- செம்முள்ளி cem-mulli, கோரண்டம் korantam, கொடிப்பசலை koti-p-pacalai
- Telugu
- గోరంటచెట్టు gorantachettu, ముల్లుగోరంట mullu goranta, ముల్లుగోరింట
- Kannada
- ಹಳದಿ ಗೋರಟೆ haladi gorate, ಕುರಂಟಕ kurantaka, ಮದರಂಗಿ ಗಿಡ madarangi gida
- Malayalam
- ചെമ്മുള്ളി chemmulli, മന്ജകനകമ്ബരമ് Manjakanakambaram, മഞ്ഞക്കനകാംബരം mannakkanakambaram
- Marathi
- कोळिता kolita, पिवळी कोरांटी pivali koranti, पिवळी कोरांटी
- Gujarati
- પીળો કાંટાશેળિયો
About Jhinti
Porcupine Flower Barleria (Barleria prionitis) belongs to the Acanthaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and 18 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Uses
In practice it is long used in traditional medicine and planted as an ornamental. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Jhinti belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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