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[[File:Barleria strigosa 2820.jpg|thumb|right|''Nīlajhiṇṭī'']]
'''Nīlajhiṇṭī''' consists of root of Barleria strigosa. It is a tall herb which is distributed throughout the upper gangentic plain and southern parts of India.
==Uses==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite| Petiole brownish yellowish strigose and 0.7–2.5cm. Leaf blade is ovate to elliptic, both surfaces are fulvous strigose along veins, 5.5–15x2.2–5.5 cm, secondary veins are ~7 on each side of the midvein, base is cuneate and decurrent on to the petiole and apex is acute. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal spikes|pinkPink-violet||Flowers in terminal dense spikes and in axillary to 5 cm. Bracts are elliptic-oblong to oblong, abaxially along veins strigose, apex is sharply acute. Bracteoles are elliptic and ~1.2cm, single-veined, apex is acute and margin ciliate. Outer calyx ovate, lobes are purple, ~3.2 x 1.8 cm, base is rounded, margin dentate to subentire, apex is acute, inner calyx is yellowish brown, lanceolate, both the surfaces are strigose, ~1.5x0.2 cm. Outer lobes of calyx purple, ~3.2 x 1.8 cm, margin subentire to dentate, base rounded, apex is acute. Inner calyx is lanceolate, yellowish brown, ~1.5 x 0.2 cm, apex is acute and both surfaces are strigose. The corolla is 5-6 cm, purplish red, tube is basally cylindric for ~3.7cm, throat is ~1.2cm, lobes are obovate-oblong. }}
===Fruit===
==How to plant/cultivate==
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==Season to grow==
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==Required Ecosystem/Climate==
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==Kind of soil needed==
Well drained soil<ref name="Kind of soil needed"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Barleria strigosa 2681.jpg|Flower and leaves
File:Barleria strigosa DSC 6904.JPG|Flower
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/250255"Morphology"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">["Cultivation detail]</ref> <ref name="Kind of soil needed">[http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=275273&isprofile=0&= Kind of soil needed]</ref>
</references>
