Its leaves and roots are used for coughs and inflammations. This might explain why it was seen growing in a pot in the nursery at Rani bagh.
Radha On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 12:55:14 PM UTC+5:30, radha veach wrote: > > I think this is Barleria strigosa. Please validate! > > According to BSI Fl of Maharashtra: > > Barleria strigosa: Entire plants less strigosely hairy, inflorescence > axillary, occasionally terminal, often glomerate, always secund (means > directed towards one side) > > Barleria terminalis: Entire plants densely strigosely hairy, inflorescence > terminal, occasionally axillary, dense short spikes. > > If we look at the illustration in the same book we see the shape of the > bracts differ. Those of B. strigosa are broader with ciliate margins, those > of B. terminalis are more lanceolate. > > Distributions given for B. terminalis are: Along the western ghats. > Frequent. Kolhapur, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg. For B. > strigosa: In Deccan and to eastwards. Frequent. Chandrapur > > In eflora we see several plants correctly identified, for example: > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/barleria$20strigosa/indiantreepix/TrpFhEMh9-g/J_B_B86CgBoJ > > Barleria strigosa > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/barleria$20terminalis/indiantreepix/Wd9L_JIchuU/9c_3p8imHPcJ > > Barleria terminalis > > and a few incorrectly identified. > > I have a feeling the B. terminalis in FOI may not be correct, but the > image doesn't show a full picture of the bracts. If we go only on the > flowers then it's very difficult to differentiate. > > Looking forward to your comments regarding these 2 species. > > regards > Radha > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
