Barleria prattensis Santapau

• Family: Acanthaceae
• Vernacular names: Madhurakurinji, മധുരകുറിഞ്ഞി (Malayalam), Pink Barleria (English),
• Distribution: Endemic to Western Ghats
• Description: Glabrous subshrubs. Leaves opposite, ovate or elliptic, acuminate, mucronate, membranous, glabrous. Flowers in pink purple, solitary, axillary, terminating in short racemes. Capsule, oblong; seeds 4, orbicular, glabrous.
• Habit: Shrub
• Habitat: Moist deciduous forests
• Flowering & Fruiting: October-January

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• Parts used: Root and leaves
• Properties & Uses: Antipyretic. Root powder given to mother for increasing lactation. Leaves powder in small doses given internally as a remedy for fever.
• Systems of Medicines: Folk,
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