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Solanum viarum
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum viarum Dunal in DC., Prodr. 13: 240. 1852; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 253. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 313. 1988; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 317. 1996; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 574. 2009.
Solanum khasianum Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4:234.1883, var. chatterjeeanum Sen Gupta, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3: 411. 1961.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kandakarichunda
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Tropical soda apple
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Description:
Pubescent shrubs, prickles recurved, to 7 mm long. Leaves alternate, to 12 x 8 cm, ovate, irregularly shallowly lobed, sinuate, base obliquely truncate, densely tomentose on lower surface and less on upper surface; petiole to 5 cm long; spines mostly on petiole and midrib and few on lateral nerves, to 2 cm long, straight. Cymes 3 or 4 flowered, peduncle to 2 cm long; pedicels 1.2 cm long, elongates to 2 cm in fruit. Calyx lobes lanceolate, pubescent, 5 mm long. Corolla 1.5 cm across, lobes lanceolate. Ovary tomentose. Berry globose, 3 cm across, yellow.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-April
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Degraded evergreen forest areas
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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, Purple
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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:
Sholayar, Mulleria
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