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Solanum pseudo-capsicum
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum pseudo-capsicum L., Sp. Pl. 184. 1753; Matthew, Rec. Bot. Surv. India 20: 162. 1969.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Jerusalem cherry
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Description:
An erect shrub 90-120 cm tall; branches ascending, glabrous. Leaves 40-80 x 10-20 mm, lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, cuneate, decurrent, entire to repand, obtuse. Peduncles 1-3-flowered, axillary or extra-axillary. Flowers white. Calyx teeth triangular to lanceolate, 4-5 mm long, accrescent. Corolla rotate; limb 11-12 mm broad. Berry globose, 8-12 (-15) mm broad, scarlet-red, shiny. Seeds 3 mm broad, subreniform, minutely reticulate-rugose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-June
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wastelands and roadsides
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Distribution:
Native of South America, widely naturalised in the tropics and subtropics
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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):
Pink, Blue
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Weed:
Yes
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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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