Solanum pubescens Willd., Phytographia 1: 5 (1794) (syn: Nycterium pubescens G.Don; Solanum blattarioides J.Koenig ex Dunal; Solanum calycinum Nees; Solanum conanthum Dunal; Solanum esenbeckii Steud.; Solanum neesianum D.Dietr.; Solanum poka Dunal; Solanum pubescens var. lobatum C.B.Clarke; Solanum quercifolium Banks ex Dunal);
. Yemen, Indian Subcontinent: India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Yemen as per POWO; .
Common name: Thornless Turkey Berry • Kannada: ಸೊಂಡೆ Sonde, ಹುಚ್ಚುಸೊಂಡೆ Hucchu sonde, ಸವುಡಂಗಿ Savudangi • Malayalam: ചെരിആചുന്ഡാ Cheriachunda • Tamil: Kaattu sundai kaai • Telugu: Usthi kaai
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Unarmed pubescent shrubs. Leaves to 12 x 7 cm, ovate-elliptic to deltoid, apex acute, base unequally truncate, membranous, margins entire to wavy; petiole to 8 cm, pubescent. Racemes axillary; peduncle to 5 cm, pubescent; pedicels 2 cm, pubescent; flowers blue; calyx lobes 6 mm, lanceolate, pubescent; corolla tube 5 mm, lobes 6 mm, lanceolate, pubescent; ovary 1.5 mm, style 1 cm, stigma capitate. Flowering and fruiting: November-February
Dry deciduous forests
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Solanum pubescens Willd : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author.
Date of photograph: 27/06/2010 ID Please Solanum sp : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
ID Please. Solanum sp. Taken in Teni Foot hills. Thanks Solanceae Fortnight SN 02 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Solanum pubescens Willd., wild shrub from the hills of Southern States.
Solanaceae Week: Solanum pubescens PKFEB17/17 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Please find Solanum pubescens Willd. collected from Chinnar forest. Sharing Solanum pubescens.
SUNDAI KARA SAMBAR – a spicy liquid dish that is eaten with rice in southern parts of the India. Solanum pubescens, : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Solanum pubescens,
Chinnar WLS, Idukki district in Kerala
This falls in the rain shadow area of the Nilgiris
Yes from me.
. References: India Biodiversity Portal Encyclopedia of Life (Description) Flowers of India Flora of Peninsular India |