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Solanum sisymbrifolium
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum sisymbrifolium Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 2: 25. 1792; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 938(658). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 274. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Sticky Nightshade
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Description:
Stout undershrubs, stems densely covered with fulvous hairs, prickles on stem 8 mm long, 5 mm broad, stout, straight. Leaves 12 x 8 cm, shallowly lyrate, densely pubescent above and below; prickles 1 cm long, narrow, sharp, straight; stellate hairs unequally armed with one erect longer arm. Flowers 12 mm across, 4-8 together, in axillary racemes; pedicels 1 cm long, densely pubescent; corolla blue, thinly tomentose outside. Berry glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles in High Ranges, sometimes grown in gardens
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Distribution:
Native of South 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):
Blue, 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:
Sunderamala
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