Solanum mammosum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 187 187 1753. (Syn: Solanum globiferum Dunal; Solanum mammosissimum Ram. Goyena; Solanum platanifolium Hook.); Tropical America: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; Introduced into: Burundi, China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Ghana, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Malaya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Taiwan, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO; saw in Rani Bagh, Mumbai yesterday……
seems to me some specie of Solanum…..please indentify. Bot. name: Solanum mammosum
Common name: Nipple fruit. Family: Solanaceae Plant habit: Shrub Habitat: Garden Date/Time: 17-12-2011 / 11:45AM Thanks for sharing. To me it is looking like Udder rather Nipple. 😉
Seen this plant at ” Veer Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai”. seen only as an exoctic rare event in a bot garden once
thanks for these pictures .
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