Makhamallu Gorate / Blue Trumpet Bush
Barleria tomentosa
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- September-March
How to identify Makhamallu Gorate
Identify Makhamallu Gorate 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: Woolly leaves, trumpet-shaped blue flowers.
- Confirm leaf surface: Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs).
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Makhamallu Gorate.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Barleria tomentosa
- Genus
- Barleria
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Makhamallu Gorate itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Makhamallu Gorate itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಮಖಮಲ್ಲು ಗೋರಟೆ Makhamallu Gorate
About Makhamallu Gorate
A member of the Acanthaceae family, Blue Trumpet Bush (Barleria tomentosa) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It grows in deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Makhamallu Gorate belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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