View source for Barleria obtusa

{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Bush violet
| image = Barleria_obtusa.jpg
| image_caption = The Bush Violet flowering
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
| genus = '''''[[Barleria]]'''''
| genus_authority = [[L.]]
| species = '''''B. obtusa'''''
| binomial = ''Barleria obtusa''
| binomial_authority = [[Mast.]]
}}

The '''bush biolet''' occurs naturally along forest margins in the summer rainfall region of South Africa. It is widely cultivated as a decorative garden shrub.

In tropical Africa, the leaves are cooked as a vegetable, and the plant is used medicinally.<ref name="prota">Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://database.prota.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=QBE_QUERY&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fdatabase.prota.org%2Fsearch.htm&TN=PROTAB~1&QB0=AND&QF0=Species+Code&QI0=Barleria+opaca&RF=Webdisplay PROTAbase on ''Barleria opaca'']
* [http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/barleriaobtusa.htm Species account. Advice on cultivation]

[[Category:Flora of South Africa]]