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Solanum jasminoides
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum jasminoides Paxt., Mag. Bot. 8. t. 5. 1840
Solanum cynanchoides Dunal, Velin Facult. Sci. Montpel. 9. t. 809 & in DC., Prodr. 13: 82. 1852.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Jasmine nightshade, Potato Vine, White Potato Vine
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Description:
An unarmed shrubby climber. Leaves 3.5-7.5 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. Flowers in short slender extra-axillary, axillary or terminal slender paniculate cymes, bluish-white to white. Calyx lobes obtuse, mucronate, sparse pubescent. Corolla rotate; the lobes spreading.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant, sometimes run wild in the High Ranges
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Distribution:
Native of South America; now widely cultivated
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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:
Yes
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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:
Devicolam
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