Acanthaceae Week: Barleria prionitis from Delhi

[Gurcharan Singh]

Barleria prionitis L., Sp. Pl. 636 1753.

syn: Barleria coriacea Oberm.; Barleria echinata St.-Lag.; Barleria spicata Roxb.

A bushy prickly shrub with 3-4 spines in leaf axils; leaves elliptic-ovate, up to 10 cm long, tapering at ends; flowers orange-yellow in terminal spikes; calyx spine-tipped. Photographed from Herbal garden, Rajouri Garden and Ridge in Delhi. 

Common name: porcupine-flower 

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[Balkar Arya]

Thanks Sir  For Barleria Series 

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Ushadi micromini]

All are nice,
Usha di

On Jun 7, 6:35 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Barleria prionitis* L., Sp. Pl. 636 1753.
> syn: *Barleria* *coriacea* Oberm.; *Barleria* *echinata* St.-Lag.; *Barleria
> * *spicata* Roxb.

>
> A bushy prickly shrub with 3-4 spines in leaf axils; leaves elliptic-ovate,
> up to 10 cm long, tapering at ends; flowers orange-yellow in terminal
> spikes; calyx spine-tipped. Photographed from Herbal garden, Rajouri Garden
> and Ridge in Delhi.
>
> Common name: porcupine-flower
>
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Retired  Associate Professor
> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
> Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>

>  Barleria-prionitis-Herbal-gdn-Delhi-3.jpg
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>  Barleria-prionitis-Ridge-Delhi-1.jpg
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>  Barleria-prionitis-flower-herbal-gard-Delhi-2.jpg
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[Mahadeswara]

A very common shrub in South India. This is known as 'December Poo'
in Tamil and spatika in kannada.

On Jun 7, 6:35 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> *Barleria prionitis* L., Sp. Pl. 636 1753.

> syn: *Barleria* *coriacea* Oberm.; *Barleria* *echinata* St.-Lag.; *Barleria

> * *spicata* Roxb.

>
> A bushy prickly shrub with 3-4 spines in leaf axils; leaves elliptic-ovate,
> up to 10 cm long, tapering at ends; flowers orange-yellow in terminal
> spikes; calyx spine-tipped. Photographed from Herbal garden, Rajouri Garden
> and Ridge in Delhi.
>
> Common name: porcupine-flower
>
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Retired  Associate Professor
> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.