Indrajata / Barleria Petal-Bush
Petalidium barlerioides
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- November-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Petalidium barlerioides
- Genus
- Petalidium
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Way sides, open forests and moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Introduced in elsewhere in gardens
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indrajata 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 Indrajata itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- इन्द्रजटा Indrajata
- Kannada
- ರುದ್ರ ಗೋರಂಟಿ Rudra Goranti
- Malayalam
- ചുണ്ടപ്പാർവ്വതി Chundapparvathy, ചുണ്ടപ്പാർവതി
- Marathi
- गोरांटी Goranti
About Indrajata
Barleria Petal-Bush (Petalidium barlerioides) is a shrub in the Acanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and 9 other states. It grows in way sides, open forests and moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to May.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Indrajata belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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