Barleria tomentosa

Barleria tomentosa Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 314 1821. (Syn: Barleria paniculata Nees; Barleria racemosa Wall. [Invalid]);
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bar-LEER-ee-uh — name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier … Dave’s Botanary
toh-men-TOH-suh — covered with fine, matted hairs … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: velvety barleria • Kannada: ಮಖಮಲ್ಲು ಗೋರಟೆ makhamallu gorate • Marathi: मखमली कोरांटी makhamali koranti
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/04/barleria-tomentosa-bheyne-ex-roth.html
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Shrubs, branchlets pubescent. Leaves 4-6 x 2-3 cm, ovate, apex acuminate, base acute, tomentose below; petiole to 3 cm. Flowers subsessile in short axillary racemes; bracts spathulate; calyx lobes 4, to 1.5 x 0.7 cm, subequal, obovate; corolla 3 mm across, salviform, pink, tube to 7 cm; stamens 2. Capsule 4-seeded; seed hairy.       

Flowering and fruiting: December-March
Deciduous forests
Peninsular India

Images by Anurag N. Sharma, Identified by Vijayasankar Raman & Mahadeswara Swamy (Inserted by J.M.Garg)

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Acanthaceae fortnight ANMAR12/33 Please identify this shrub : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)

Family: Acanthaceae
Date: November 2014
Place: Nelliyampathy-Nemmara Ghat, Palakkad, Kerala

Habit: Shrub
Flowers were large, almost 6-8 cm across, the shrub too was tall.


Barleria tomentosa, perhaps.


Thanks … Please see this for details of B. tomentosa.


I agree with …


Thank you very much sir. Barleria tomentosa it is.




Barleria species for identification NAK1 December 22: 8 very high res. images.
Please help identify this Barleria, seeds collected from Bellary, Karnataka and grown in Bangalore. It has bloomed now and I am able to key it to B. tomentosa based on the bracts being equal to or longer than the calyx. I would like to know if this identification is right.


I think so as per attached publication and as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2012/07/07/barleria-tomentosa-roth/


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Barleria tomentosa B.Heyne ex Roth

bar-LEER-ee-uh — name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier … Dave’s Botanary
toh-men-TOH-suh — covered with fine, matted hairs … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: velvety barleria • Kannada: ಮಖಮಲ್ಲು ಗೋರಟೆ makhamallu gorate • Marathi: मखमली कोरांटी makhamali koranti

botanical namesBarleria tomentosa B.Heyne ex Roth … heterotypic synonymsBarleria paniculata Nees • Barleria racemosa Wall. • Barleria tomentosa var. glandulosa C.E.C.Fisch. • Ruellia paniculata Wall. ex Nees … and more at POWO, retrieved 24 April 2025

Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
velvety barleria
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಮಖಮಲ್ಲು ಗೋರಟೆ makhamallu gorate
  • name coined, for want of name; ಮಖಮಲ್ಲು makhamallu = velvet (tomentose leaves appear velvety); ಗೋರಟೆ gorate = generic name given to several species of Barleria
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
मखमली कोरांटी makhamali koranti
  • name coined, for want of name; मखमली makhamali = velvety (tomentose leaves appear velvety); कोरांटी koranti = generic name given to several species of Barleria
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, *Kerala, Maharashtra, *Tamil Nadu, *Telangana, ¿ Uttar Pradesh ?; not endemic to India, known to be distributed globally in Sri Lanka

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~  Created on: 10:01 24-04-2025 ¦  Last updated: 16:12 24-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

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Updated on May 1, 2025

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