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Barleria prionitis (porcupine flower)

Synonyms: Barleria prionitis madagascariensis; Barleria prionitis var. angustissima; Barleria prionitis var. madagascariensis; Barleria prionitis var. pubescens

Wikipedia Abstract

Barleria prionitis (Sanskrit kuranta; Marathi vjradanti (वज्रदंती), Tamil: சுள்ளி மலர்; Tagalog: kukong manok), also known as the porcupine flower, is a species of plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to India, Sri Lanka and Eastern Southern and Central Africa. It is used for various medicinal purposes in ayurvedic medicine. The juice of the leaves is applied to feet to prevent maceration and cracking in the monsoon season.
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Infraspecies

Barleria prionitis angustissima
Barleria prionitis appressa
Barleria prionitis induta
Barleria prionitis prionitis
Barleria prionitis prionitoides
Barleria prionitis pubiflora
Barleria prionitis strigulosa

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Predators

Junonia lemonias (Lemon Pansy)[2]
Junonia rhadama[2]
Meridemis detractana[2]
Meridemis invalidana[2]
Phalanta phalantha (Common leopard butterfly)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0