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Solanum erianthum
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum erianthum D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 96. 1825; Roe, Taxon 17: 176. 1968; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 193. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 311. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 318. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 321. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 273. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 218. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 212. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 572. 2009.
Solanum verbascifolium sensu Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 230. 1883, non L. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 936(657). 1923.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chunda, Erichunda, Malachunda
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Common nightshade
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Description:
Large shrubs or small trees, 3-6 m high, unarmed. Leaves 15-25 x 5-10 cm, elliptic, entire, densely hairy below, sparsely above; nerves prominent; stellate hairs with equal arms; petioles 4 cm long. Cymes terminal or subterminal; peduncle 5 cm long, stout. Flowers many, erect, densely packed; pedicels 1 cm long; corolla white, densely pubescent outside. Capsule 8 x 8 mm, orange-yellow, hairy when young.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-August
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forest areas, also in wastelands
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Distribution:
South East Asia and North Australia
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Palapetty, Kokkara, Vengoli, Silent Valley R. F., Punnamala, Pathenthode, Tolpetty
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