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Solanum diphyllum
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum diphyllum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 184. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Twoleaf Nightshade
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Description:
Herbs. Leaves unequal-paired, entire, elliptic to oblong, sometimes broadly, 3-12 x 1.5-8 cm, apex rounded, base attenuate, decurrent on petiole and stem; petiole terete, 0.8-9 mm long, winged by leaf bases. Cymes axillary, peduncle unbranched, later with conspicuous pedicel scars, 3.5-8 mm long. Calyx constricted at base and just below lobes, lobes 5, glabrous, 0.7-1.6 x 0.7-1.1 mm, minutely ciliolate. Corolla white, lobes 5, glabrous, 2.3-5 x 1.5-2.3 mm. Stamens 5, filament glabrous, 0.4-0.5 mm long; anther glabrous, 1.2-1.8 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide. Ovary glabrous, style glabrous, 1.8-3 mm long. Fruit orange, glabrous, 3-10 mm long, 3.4-9 acorss; sepal persistent, upward; pedicel 2-13 mm long; seeds yellow or tan, reniform-discoid, 2-3 mm across, margins thickened.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-June
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District(s):
Wayanad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grown as medicinal plants
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Distribution:
Native of Central America
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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):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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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