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Solanum wendlandii
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum wendlandii Hook. f., Bot. Mag. t. 6914. 1887.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Giant Potato Creeper, Potato vine
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Description:
Robust, sparsely armed, straggler to climber; branchlets glabrous, terete; prickles recurved, short, scattered. Lower leaves pinnatifid, to 25 x 15 cm, with 2-3 pairs of segments, each to 10 x 6 cm; upper leaves simple, ovate, to 8 x 5 cm, base cordate, apex acuminate. Cymes branched, compact, terminal, to 25 cm wide; pedicels 2 cm. Calyx campanulate, 8 mm; lobes 5, ovate, 5 mm, margin hyaline, apex mucronate. Corolla rotate, lilac, to 6 cm wide, shallowly 5-lobed. Stamens 5; filaments subequal, 3-6 mm, white; anthers to 1 cm connivent around style. Ovary 2-celled.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of Costa Rica, cultivated elsewhere
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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
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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:
Yes
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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:
Devicolam
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