Jhinti / Porcupine Flower Barleria
Barleria prionitis subsp. pubiflora
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Rajasthan
- Flowering
- October-February
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: Spine-tipped leaves and bracts.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Jhinti.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Barleria prionitis subsp. pubiflora
- Genus
- Barleria
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Coastal areas and on foot hills
- Habitat type
- Coastal
- Found in India
- Rajasthan
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-February
- Conservation status
- NE
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)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
- 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
- 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
About Jhinti
A member of the Acanthaceae family, Porcupine Flower Barleria (Barleria prionitis subsp. pubiflora) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan. It grows in coastal areas and on foot hills. Flowering and fruiting run from October to February.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Jhinti belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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