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Solanum mammosum
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum mammosum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 187. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Plastic kathiri
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Turkey Berry (West Indian)
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Description:
Herbs or shrubs, erect, ca. 1 m tall; stems pilose with glandular simple hairs, armed with needle-like, sometimes slightly curved yellowish prickles 4-12 × 3-5 mm. Leaves mostly paired, 5-12 × 5-10 cm, broadly ovate or suborbicular, , (3-)5(-7)-lobed, villous, armed on major veins with needlelike prickles 0.8-2 cm, base cordate, apex acute or obtuse; petiole 2.5-8 cm. Inflorescences extra-axillary, scorpioid-racemose, 3- or 4-flowered; peduncle obsolete; pedicel 5-10 mm long. Calyx pubescent as on stems, sometimes armed; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 5-6 mm long. Corolla purple, 2.5-3.2 cm in diam.; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2-2.2 × 0.4 cm, villous abaxially. Stamens subequal; filaments ca. 1 mm; anthers narrow, lanceolate, 1-1.2 cm long. Style ca. 3 mm. Berry yellow, darkening with age, pyriform, 4.5-7 × 3-4 cm, with 1-5 papillate protuberances at base; seeds dark brown, somewhat compressed, 3-4 mm in diam.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of tropical 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):
Violet
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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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