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Solanum aculeatissimum
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq., Coll. 1: 100. 1790; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 939(659). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 277. 1984.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kandakarichunda, Kandankathiri
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Cockroach berry, Devils Apple, Indian Love Apple, Soda Apple
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Description:
Shrubs, to 75 cm high much branched, stellate hairy; princkles flattened, sharp, 5-12 mm long. Leaves alternate, 2.5 - 22 x 1.8 - 13.5 cm, sinuate or lobed, ovate, acute apex, cordate at base, adaxial surface pubescent and abaxial surface stellate; lateral veins 6-8 paris, long sharp thorns on the veins; petiole 0.5 cm long. Flowers in 4-8 flowered cymes; pedicels to 6 mm long. Calyx green, 5 lobed, lobes 3-4 x 1-2 mm, lanceolate or ovate, acute apex, base attenuate, ciliate along the margin, prickly, densely pubescent. Corolla yellowish-white with green at the base, lobes 7 x 1-2 mm, lanceolate, acute or acuminate apex, margin ciliate, pubescent. Anthers basifixed, glabrous, 7-8 mm long; filament very small. Ovary glabrous, pubescent; style slender, glabrous. Fruit globose, ca 2 cm across, green with white stripe when young and become yellow when they ripe, glabrous; seeds ovate or disc shaped, smooth, entire, 3 mm across.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-February
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District(s):
Kollam, Wayanad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Waste places
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Distribution:
A Tropical American plant adventives to South East Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Violet, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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