Chandigarh Forests
Department of Forest & Wildlife
UT Administration
Chandigarh
Department of Forest & Wildlife
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Division
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Angiosperms
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Class
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Dicotyledons
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Subclass
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Gamopetalae
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Series
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Hypogynae
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Order
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Personales
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Family
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Acanthaceae
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Genus
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Barleria
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Species
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lupilina
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Etymology: |
In honour of Rev. Jacques Barrelier (1606-73). A French physican and traveler. |
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Botanical name: |
Barleria lupulina Lindl
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Local/Trade names: |
Kala bansa
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Description: |
Spiny herb or undershrub. Spines 2 per axil. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 5-10 x 0.5 – 1.5 cm, dark green with red midrib above, pale beneath. Flowers yellow, in 5-8 cm long erect or nodding spikes. Capsule 1-5 cm long. |
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Distribution: |
Central India. |
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Where to see it: |
Nursery, Medicinal plant garden. |
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Uses: |
Juice of the leaves given with honey in catarrhal affections of children. A paste of the roots applied to boils and glandular swellings. Leaves chewed relieve toothache. Roots febrifuge. |
