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| Halbi Name | Kanta manjhi |
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| Vernacular name | Jhinti, Katseriya | |
| Scientific name | Barlaeria prionitis Linn | |
| Family | Acanthaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | Shrub with 0.6 to 1.5 m high, usually prickly, stem and branches 4-gonous | |
| Leaves | Elliptic, acuminate, bristle tipped, usually with 3 circular spines in the axils | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Sessile, solitary in lower axils becoming spicate above, corolla yellow, infundibuliform, 2-lipped, upper lip 4-lobbed |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Capsule, ovoid with a long tapering beak, 2 seeded seed with silky hairs | |
| Habitat and distribution | Wasteland and roadsides | |
| Flowering and fruiting | September to January | |
| Associated with | Bund or backyard | |
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