Barleria prionitis

Barleria prionitis
Barleria pronitis in Hyderabad, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Barleria
Species: B. prionitis
Binomial name
Barleria prionitis
L.

Barleria prionitis (Sanskrit kuranta; Marathi vjradanti (वज्रदंती), Tamil: சுள்ளி மலர்; Tagalog: kukong manok),[1] also known as the porcupine flower, is a species of plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to India, Sri Lanka and Eastern Southern and Central Africa.

It is used for various medicinal purposes in ayurvedic medicine. The juice of the leaves is applied to feet to prevent maceration and cracking in the monsoon season.[2]

Barleria prionitis is often the host to larvae of the Phalanta phalantha and Junonia lemonias butterflies. Its leaves are known to contain 6-Hydroxyflavone, one of the chemical compounds that is a noncompetitive inhibitor of the protein cytochrome P450 2C9.[3]

Culture

Known as "ක‍ටු කරදු - katu karandu" in Sinhala.

References

  1. ↑ Various Indian names in Pharmacographia Indica. A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin met with in British India, William Dymock, C. J. H. Warden & David Hooper, 1893.
  2. ↑ Pharmacographia Indica. A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin met with in British India, William Dymock, C. J. H. Warden & David Hooper, 1893.
  3. ↑ Medicinal plants. Chemistry and properties, Dr. M. Daniel, 2005.

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