Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Acanthaceae | Genus: Barleria | Species: Barleria prionitis Linn.( पीला बांसा ) |
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| Synonym | Barleria appressa (Forssk.) Deflers, Barleria coriacea Oberm., Barleria echinata St.-Lag. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Porcupine flower | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Yellow hedge barleria | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Pila bansa | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 900m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit black, 2 – 2.4 cm long, ovoid, beaked, 2 – seeded |
| Habitat | Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Tropical Africa, tropical Asia, Sri Lanka through India Malacca | Bark Details | Light brown to light grey in colour |
| Distribution in Haryana | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Erect or diffused, armed small shrubs, upto 1 m high, spines 2 to 4, in the axils of leaves, white. Leaves ovate – elliptic, base narrowed, acuminate, tipped with spinules. Petioles long, smaller in upper leaves. Flowers orange – yellow, in cymes, forming terminal leafy spikes, bracts linear, spinescent, bracteoles of small bristles or absent. Sepals broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 2 – outer spine tipped, mucronate. Corolla orange – yellow, 2 – lipped. Stamens 4, fertile usually 2. Fruit a capsules black, ovoid, beaked, 2 – seeded. | Leaf Details | Leaves ovate – elliptic, base narrowed, acuminate, tipped with spinules. Petioles long, smaller in upper leaves |
