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Solanum virginianum
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum virginianum L., Sp. Pl. 187. 1753; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 504. 1990; Hepper & Jaeger, Kew Bull. 42: 434. 1986; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 213. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 575. 2009.
Solanum surattense Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 57. 1768; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 190. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 278. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 252. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 320. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 323. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 243. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 274. 1998.
Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. & Wendl., Sert. Hannov. 1: 8. t.2. 1795; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 236. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 938(658). 1923.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kandakarichunda, Kandakarivazhuthina, Kandankathiri, Puttachunda
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Febrifuge plant, Yellow berried nightshade
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Description:
Herbs erect or creeping, sometimes woody at base, 50-70 cm tall, armed with broad-based needlelike prickles 0.5-2 cm × 0.5-1.5 mm, pubescent. Leaves unequal paired, ovate-oblong, 4-9 × 2-4.5 cm, pubescent and prickly along veins, glabrescent, base subcordate or unequal, margin usually 5-9-lobed or pinnately parted, lobes unequal, sinuate, apex acute; petiole 2-3.5 cm, prickly, with sessile stellate hairs. Flowers in elongate racemes 4-7 cm; peduncle unbranched, prickly. Pedicel ca. 1 cm. Calyx campanulate, ca. 1 cm in diam.; lobes oblong, pubescent, prickly. Corolla, rotate, 1.5 × 2.5 cm, blue-purple; lobes ovate-deltate, 6-8 mm, densely pubescent with stellate hairs. Staminal filaments ca. 1 mm; anthers ca. 8 mm. Ovary glabrous; style ca. 1 cm. Fruit a berry pale yellow, 1.3-2.2 cm across; pedicel 2-3.6 cm, with prickles and sparsely stellate hairs, calyx prickly, sparsely pubescent; seeds subreniform, ca. 1.5 mm in diam.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-November
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas, also along roadsides and wastelands
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Distribution:
India, Himalaya, South East Asia, Malesia, Australia, Polynesia
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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):
White
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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:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sabarimala, Thellickal, Kumbla, Walayar, Boneccord, Ariankavu
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