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Solanum melongena var. insanum
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum melongena L. var. insanum (L.) Prain, Bengal Pl. 746. 1903; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 937(658). 1923.
Solanum insanum L., Mant. Pl. 46. 1767.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chunda, Valiya Chunda
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Description:
Armed subshrubs to 75 cm. Leaves alternate, angulate, 7-12 x 6-8 cm, thick, lateral nerves ca. 5 pairs, stellate-pubescent, prickly along the nerves, base obliquely truncate, apex (sub)acute; petiole to 4 cm, prickly. Flower(s) 1-4, extra-axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, lanceolate, 6 mm, thick, stellate-pubescent and prickly without, acute. Corolla purple to violet, 3.5 cm across; lobes 5, triangular, 1.5 cm, stellate-pubescent without, and along midnerve within, acute. Stamens 5; filaments 3 mm; anthers 6 mm. Ovary 3 mm; style 1 cm, villous. Berry oblong-globose, 3 cm across; fruiting calyx enlarging; seeds minutely pitted.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Roadsides, wastelands, homesteads and sometimes grown as medicinal plants
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Distribution:
Tropical 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, Blue
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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:
Yes
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