Category: Solanum

Solanum species- Keys;   Solanum … I have tentatively grouped them for easy reference and identification.  … Journey towards eFlora of India: Small steps – efloraofindia | Google Groups

 . ID of some Solanaceae members and an unidentified plant!: The sol5 and sol6 pictures are unidentified and even I suspect whether it belongs to Solanaceae.  I would be happy to obtain identification of nearly 3 types of species attached along with this post. . Solanaceae Week: IDReq-01 11Apr2011AR01 from Meenmutty, Wayanad: Prickles only on […]

Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 2: 25 25 1794. (Syn: Solanum sisymbriifolium f. lilacinum Kuntze); . S. Tropical America: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay; Introduced into: Alabama, Arizona, Assam, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, California, Cape Provinces, China […]

Solanum insanum L., Mant. Pl.: 46 (1767) (syn: Solanum acanthifolium Mill.; Solanum campechiense var. fuscatum (L.) L.; Solanum canescens Blume; Solanum cumingii Dunal; Solanum fuscatum L.; Solanum fuscatum var. luteum G.Don; Solanum fuscatum var. violaceum G.Don; Solanum melanocarpum Dunal; Solanum melanocarpum var. atropurpureum Dunal; Solanum melongena subsp. cumingii (Dunal) J.Samuel; Solanum melongena subsp. insanum (L.) Banfi, Galasso & Bartolucci; Solanum pinnatum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Solanum schoenbrunnense Dunal; […]

Solanum melongena L., Sp. Pl. 1: 186 186 1753. (Syn: Solanum esculentum Dunal; Solanum melongena var. depressum L.; Solanum melongena var. esculentum (Dunal) Nees; Solanum melongena var. serpentinum L.); . China South-Central, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Kazakhstan, Laccadive Is., Sri Lanka, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Zaïre as […]

Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav., Icon. 3: 22-23, pl. 243 22 1794. (Syn: Solanum dealbatum Lindl.; Solanum elaeagnifolium var. angustifolium Kuntze; Solanum elaeagnifolium var. argyrocroton Griseb.; Solanum elaeagnifolium var. grandiflorum Griseb.; Solanum elaeagnifolium var. leprosum (Ortega) Dunal; Solanum elaeagnifolium var. obtusifolium (Dunal) Dunal; Solanum flavidum Torr.; Solanum leprosum Ortega; Solanum obtusifolium Dunal; Solanum saponaceum Hook.); . U.S.A. […]

Solanum cordatum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 47 1775 (Syn: Solanum darassumense Dammer; Solanum gracilipes Decne.; Solanum jacquemontii Dunal; Solanum nummulifolium Chiov.; Solanum obbiadense Chiov.; Solanum pronum Thulin; Solanum sabaeorum Deflers); . NE. Tropical Africa to N. Kenya, W. Yemen, Afghanistan to N. India: Afghanistan, Djibouti, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Yemen as per POWO; […]

Solanum betaceum Cav., Anales Hist. Nat. 1:44. 1799 (syn: (≡) Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendtn.; (=) Cyphomandra crassifolia Kuntze; (=) Solanum crassifolium Ortega); S. Tropical America: Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Windward Is.; Introduced into: Angola, Assam, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, […]

Solanum anguivi ?; .   Solanaceae Fortnight ::Solanum anguivi ?? :: Kulang, Maharashtra :: PKA-FEB04/04: : Solanum anguivi : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Could this be Solanum anguivi (Solanaceae family) , photographed at the base of “Kulang gad”. This is the only pic. available.. efi page on Solanum anguivi    .

Solanum virginianum L., Sp. pl. 1:187. 1753 (Mant. pl. 2:340. 1771, as “virginicum“) (syn: (=) Solanum surattense Burm. f.; (=) Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad.;                  Solanum mairei H. Lév.); . NE. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, S. Iran to S. Central China and Indo-China: Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Egypt, Gulf States, Hainan, […]

Solanum giganteum Jacq., Collectanea 4: 125 125 1790. (Syn: Solanum argenteum B.Heyne ex Wall.; Solanum bequaertii De Wild.; Solanum corymbosum Wight ex Nees; Solanum farinaceum Griff.; Solanum farinosum Wall.; Solanum giganteum var. longifolium Dunal; Solanum giganteum var. tenuifolium Dunal; Solanum muansense Dammer; Solanum nilghiry Noton ex Dunal; Solanum niveum Vahl; Solanum seretii De Wild.; Solanum sordidescens Bitter; Solanum vagum B.Heyne ex […]

Solanum violaceum Ortega , Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec. 56 56 1798. (syn: Solanum chinense Dunal; Solanum indicum var. recurvatum C.Y. Wu & S.C. Huang; Solanum nivalomontanum C.Y. Wu & S.C. Huang;              (=) Solanum kurzii Brace ex Prain; (=) Solanum sanitwongsei Craib); . Arabian Peninsula to Taiwan and Philippines: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East […]

Solanum wrightii Benth., Fl. Hongk. 243-244 243 1861. (Syn: Solanum macranthum Carrière; Solanum setosicalyx Rusby); . Bolivia: Introduced into: Cameroon, China Southeast, Congo, Costa Rica, Gabon, Ghana, Jawa, Kenya, Malawi, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO; . Trees with straight prickles, entire to sinuately lobed broadly ovate leaves up […]

Solanum viarum Dunal , Prodr. 13(1): 240 240 1852. (Syn: Solanum chloranthum DC.; Solanum khasianum var. chatterjeeanum Sengupta; Solanum reflexum Schrank; Solanum viridiflorum Ruiz & Pav.); . S. Tropical America to N. Argentina: Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay; Introduced into: Assam, East Himalaya, Honduras, […]

Solanum anguivi Lam., Tabl. encycl. 2:23. 1794 (syn. (=) Solanum hermannii Dunal; (=) Solanum indicum auct.; (=) Solanum sodomeum L.); . Poison berry; ‘Katheli-Badhi’; Hindi: Barhanta; Malayalam: Putharichunda, Cheruchunda; SANSKRIT: Brihati, Simhi; . As per efi thread: Solanum indicum described in FBI, as understood now represents more one species: S. erianthum D. Don, S. anguivi and S. […]

Solanum torvum Sw. (Syn. (=) Solanum ficifolium Ortega); . Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean, E. Brazil: Bahamas, Belize, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto […]

Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal, Hist. nat. Solanum 222. 1813 (Syn: Solanum immane Hance ex Walp.; Solanum lasiocarpum var. velutinum Dunal;                                (=) Solanum ferox auct.; (=) Solanum indicum L.); . Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Queensland: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, […]

Solanum capsicoides All., Mélanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin 5: 64 64 1773. (Unresolved) (Syn: Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq.; Solanum arrebenta Vell.; Solanum bodinieri H. Lév. & Vaniot; Solanum cavaleriei H. Lév. & Vaniot; Solanum ciliare Willd.; Solanum ciliatum Lam.; Solanum khasianum C.B. Clarke; Solanum sinuatifolium Vell.; Solanum sphaerocarpum Moric.); . images by Prashant Awale; Yazdi […]

Solanum mauritianum Scop., Delic. Fl. Faun. Insubr. 3: 16, pl. 8 16 1788. (Syn: Solanum auriculatum Aiton; Solanum tabacifolium Vell.; Solanum verbascifolium var. auriculatum (Aiton) Kuntze); . SE. & S. Brazil to Argentina (Buenos Aires): Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Uruguay; Introduced into: Angola, Azores, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Comoros, Cook Is., […]

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: […]