Barleria cristata L. Family: Acanthaceae
English: Crested Philippine violet, Philippine-violet
Assamese: Jhinili
Bengali: Janti
Chinese: 假杜鹃
French: Gueule de loup
Hindi: Vajra Danti वज्र दंती
Oriya: Koilekha
Tamil: செம்முள்ளி Semmulli
Telugu: Tellanilambari
Thai: อังกาบ, kaan chang, luem thao yai, thong ra-aa
Japan: barureria
Philippines: kolintang, violeta
Tibet: sa ha ra ca, sa ha ra tsap, sa-ha-tsa
Vietnam: hoa ch[oo]ng
Description: An erect, up to 1.5 m tall, much branched, unarmed shrublet with appressedly hairy twigs, densely so at the nodes, Leaves with 1-2 cm long, hairy petiole; lamina elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, 3-12.5 cm x 1-3.5 cm, hairy both surfaces, attenuate at the base, entire, apically acute-acuminate. Flowers purple blue or pink or white, 4.5-5 cm long, in short, 1-5-flowered, axillary or terminal spikes; bracts absent or lanceolate, 8-12 mm long, bristly on margins, scabrous, acute; bracteoles absent. Calyx deeply 4-cleft, outer 2 lobes much larger than the inner pair, ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 cm x 6-8 (-10) mm, acuminate, bristly toothed on margins, hairy or glabrescent, inner 2-lobes linear, 7-8 mm long, pointed. Corolla glandular-pubescent outside, tube 3.5-4 cm long, infundibuliform, limb with oblong-obovate, up to 2 cm long, unequal lobes. Filaments hairy, anthers oblong, c. 3 mm long. Ovary oblong-conical, mm long; style c. 4 cm long. Capsule ellipsoid, 1.5-2 cm long, glabrous, pointed at the base and apex, 4-seeded. Seeds orbicular, c. 4 mm across, appressed hairy.
Used in Ayurveda and Sidha. Whole plant antiinflammatory, bechic, hypoglycemic, spasmolytic, oxytocic, used in snakebite; a paste or a decoction given in tuberculosis. Leaves for inflammations. Roots and leaves infusion applied to boils and sores to reduce swellings; the bitter juice of the leaves or roots diaphoretic and expectorant; root paste for toothache; roots for anemia and cough, a decoction of the root with Barleria strigosa and dry fish is given in anemia; a decoction of the root of Barleria strigosa with Barleria cristata and Tinospora cordifolia is given in fevers with honey and long pepper [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Extract of the plant—sasmogenic and hypoglycaemic. Root extract—given in anaemia. The leaves are chewed in toothache. Roots and leaves are applied to swellings. An infusion is given in cough. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
22 Published articles of
Barleria cristataExtract of the plant—sasmogenic and hypoglycaemic. Root extract—given in anaemia. The leaves are chewed in toothache. Roots and leaves are applied to swellings. An infusion is given in cough. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
1. Variegated 'Philippine violet' (Barleria cristata L.): A new ornamental plant Rajvikraman, R., J. Thomas, and A.G. Pandurangan, Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany, 2000. 24(3): p. 723-726.
2. Topical anti-inflammatory studies on Barleria prionitis and B. cristata Maninder, K., P. Kawal, and V. Karan, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, 2013(31): p. 1164-1169.
3. Screening for anti-diabetic activity of the ethanolic extract of Barleria cristata seeds Ranjit, S., P.H. Rajasree, and C. Sankar, International Journal of Pharmacy and Life Sciences (IJPLS), 2012. 3(10): p. 2044-2047.
4. Production of Barleria cristata L. as a dwarf flowering pot plant Abou-Dahab, T.A.M. and A.M.A. Habib, Annals of Agricultural Science, Moshtohor, 2005. 43(2): p. 727-746.
5. Phytochemicals of Barleria cristata and Butea monospermosa as drug targets against Asparaginyl t-RNA synthetase of Brugiya malayi: an insilico approach Nateshan, A., et al., Journal of Pharmacy Research, 2012. 5(8): p. 4133-4136.
6. OCCURRENCE OF ALTERNARIA TENUIS ON BARLERIA-CRISTATA Purushot.D, Plant Disease Reporter, 1971. 55(2): p. 107-&.
7. A NOTE ON THE RUST OF BARLERIA-CRISTATA FROM INDIA Paul, Y.S. and L.N. Bhardwaj, Indian Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology, 1987. 17(3): p. 343-344.
8. INTERACTION OF SOME GROWTH PROMOTING AND INHIBITING CHEMICALS WITH GROWTH RETARDANTS ON SHOOT LENGTH OF BARLERIA-CRISTATA Bhattacharjee, S.K., Bulletin of the Botanical Society of Bengal, 1976. 30(1-2): p. 143-146.
9. Interaction of growth retardants and growth promoting substances in Barleria cristata Samant, P.K.S. and P. Das, Orissa Journal of Horticulture, 1991. 19(1-2): p. 22-26.
10. In vitro antioxidant activity and in vitro alpha-glucosidase and alpha-amylase inhibitory activity of Barleria cristata L Rajasekaran, N. and D. Kanakasabapathi, Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2012. 3(4): p. 780-788.
11. Identification and antimicrobial activity of saponin fraction from the leaves of Barleria cristata L Amutha, K. and D.V.A. Doss, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research (IJPSR), 2012. 3(10): p. 4040-4044.
12. FLAVONOIDS OF RUELLIA-PROSTRATA AND BARLERIA-CRISTATA Subraman.Ss and A.G.R. Nair, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 1972. 49(8): p. 825-&.
13. Evaluation of anti-inflammatory and radical scavenging activity of an aqueous extract of Barleria cristata leaves Gambhire, M., et al., Planta Medica, 2009. 75(9): p. 1071-1071.
14. Evaluation of antibacterial and antifungal activity of Barleria cristata - an invitro study Darling, C., G. Punnagai, and M. Aparna, World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2015. 4(2): p. 1253-1258.
15. Effects of Cycocel on growth of two cultivars of Barleria cristata L. (Philippine violet) Henny, R.J., Plant Growth Regulator Society of America Quarterly, 1995. 23(4): p. 214-217.
16. Effect of nitrogen, p.a.p.o.g.a.f.o.B.c.L.S., Priyanka, et al., Indian Journal of Horticulture, 2013. 70(3): p. 442-447.
17. Effect of BA, B.-n., Bonzi and Cycocel on growth of Philippine violet (Barleria cristata L) Henny, R. J., et al., Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the Florida State Horticultural Society, 1995. 107: p. 177-178.
18. Cytomorphological study on some garden forms and intraspecific hybrids of Barleria cristata L Krishnaswami, S. and P.M. Menon, South Indian Horticulture, 1973. 21(2): p. 43-49.
19. A COMPARATIVE PHARMACOGNOSTIC STUDY ON BARLERIA LEAF OF BARLERIA-CRISTATA BARLERIA-STRIGOSA AND BARLERIA-PRIONITIS Sinha, P., et al., Indian Botanical Reporter, 1984. 3(2): p. 115-120.
20. Clonal evaluation in Barleria cristata L Chezhiyan, N., et al., South Indian Horticulture, 1985. 33(1): p. 38-41.
21. Chemical constituents isolated from leaves of Barleria cristata Linn Hemalatha, K., N. Hareeka, and D. Sunitha, International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 2012. 3(1): p. P-609-P-615.
22. Antibacterial activity of Barleria cristata bark extracts Salib, J.Y., et al., Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 2013. 9(3): p. 2156-2159.
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