Red Barleria
Barleria repens
Also known as Coral Creeper
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- September-February
How to identify Red Barleria
Identify Red Barleria by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Trailing habit with coral-red flowers.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Red Barleria.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Barleria repens
- Genus
- Barleria
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- India, Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Red Barleria itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Red Barleria itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- பார்லேரியா ரீபென்சு
About Red Barleria
Red Barleria (Barleria repens) is a herb in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 1 other states. It grows in garden plant. Flowering and fruiting run from September to February.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Red Barleria belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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