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Solanum wrightii
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum wrightii Benth., Fl. Hong. 243. 1861; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 938(659). 1923; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 194. 1988.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Giant Potato Tree
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Description:
Prickled undershrubs; stem tomentose. Leaves alternate, ovate, acute at apex, subcordate at base, hirsute on both surfaces, to 10 x 4.5 cm; prickles on petioles and leaves small. Flowers in axillary cymes; pedicels short at anthesis, elongate and deflexed in fruit. Corolla 3 cm across, blue. Stamens unequal, 3 long and 2 short. Berry globose, glabrous, enclosed by the accresent calyx; seeds flat, reticulate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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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
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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:
Nelluyampathy forests, Poochapara
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