Solanum pubescens

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);
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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

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

(From India Biodiversity Portal

Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)

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Date of photograph: 27/06/2010
Place : 40 km from Gadag, Karnataka, hill area 610m
Shrub: 3-4 ft tall
Flowering
Fruits : globose 1.0 cm, orange when ripe
Fruit: Cooked.

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ID Please Solanum sp : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
ID Please. Solanum sp. Taken in Teni Foot hills. Thanks

Solanum pubescens

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Solanum pubescens Willd., wild shrub from the hills of Southern States.

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Solanaceae Week: Solanum pubescens PKFEB17/17 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Please find Solanum pubescens Willd. collected from Chinnar forest.

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Flora of Kaiga 05082015 PTR2 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)

Sharing Solanum pubescens.

SUNDAI KARA SAMBAR – a spicy liquid dish that is eaten with rice in southern parts of the India.
Date/Time-:08/06/15 – 09:30,
Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrs
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild
Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb – Shrub
Length- 8ft