{"id":1407780,"date":"2011-03-26T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:49:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:19:41","slug":"solanum-mauritianum","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/solanum-mauritianum\/","title":{"rendered":"Solanum mauritianum (Introduced)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Solanum<\/em> <\/span>mauritianum<\/i> Scop., <\/span>Delic. Fl. Faun. Insubr. 3: 16, pl. 8 16 1788<\/i>. (Syn: <\/span>Solanum auriculatum<\/i> Aiton<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Solanum<\/i> tabacifolium<\/i> Vell.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Solanum<\/i> verbascifolium<\/i> var. auriculatum<\/i> (Aiton) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>);
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\nSE. & S. Brazil to Argentina (Buenos Aires): Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Uruguay<\/span>; Introduced into: Angola, Azores, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Comoros, Cook Is.,<\/span> East Himalaya, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, Free State, Hawaii, Jawa, Kenya, Madagascar, Madeira, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia,<\/span> Nepal, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, R\u00e9union, Sierra Leone, South Australia,<\/span> Sri Lanka, Tonga, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Za\u00efre, Zimbabwe<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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so-LAN-num<\/b>\u00a0— solace, quietude; referring to the narcotic properties of some species<\/span> …\u00a0Dave’s Botanary<\/a>
\nmaw-rih-tee-AY-num<\/b>\u00a0— of Mauritius, from the Mascareignes islands<\/span> …\u00a0Dave’s Botanary<\/a>
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\ncommonly known as<\/b>: bugweed, earleaf nightshade, flannel weed, kerosene plant, tobacco bush, tobacco weed, tree tobacco, wild tobacco, woolly nightshade
\nNames compiled \/ updated at\u00a0https:\/\/dineshvalke.blogspot.com\/2024\/09\/solanum-mauritianum-scop.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Shrub or small trees, 2-4 m tall, branched above to form a rounded canopy, unarmed, all parts densely pubescent with sessile to long-stalked stellate hairs, loose and floccose on young growth. Leaves paler on lower surface, simple, alternate, elliptic, up to 30 x 12 cm on young vigorous growth, usually ca. 18 x. 6 cm on mature stems, margings entire, apex acuminate, base cuneate, often oblique, petioles 3-9 cm long, each with 1 or 2 smaller auriculate leaves in axils which are sessile, rounded, sometime absent. Flowers numerous in branched corymbs; peduncles up to 15 cm long; pedicels 2-3 mm long. Calyx tube short, 2-3 mm long, lobes narrowly triangular, 1-2mm long. Corolla lilac blue with a pale star-shaped area at base, stellate, 1.5-2.5 cm in diam. Stamens 5, inserted low on corolla tube; filaments ca. 1 mm long; anthers oblong, 2-3.5 mm long, opening by terminal pores. Ovary densely pubescent; lower part of style pubescent, 5-7 mm long; stigma green, terminal. Berries dull yellowish, succulent, globose, 1-1.5 cm in diam., pubescent at least in early stages; seeds numerous, flattened, 1.5-2 mm long, testa minutely reticulate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: December-June<\/span><\/div>\n
Shola forest margins and montane scrub jungles<\/span><\/div>\n
Native of South America<\/span><\/div>\n
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi<\/div>\n
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Solanum mauritianum<\/i> is a small <\/span>tree<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>shrub<\/span><\/a> native to <\/span>South America<\/span><\/a>, including Northern <\/span>Argentina<\/span><\/a>, Southern <\/span>Brazil<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Paraguay<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Uruguay<\/span><\/a>.[1]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> It has become a widespread invasive <\/span>weed<\/span><\/a> in <\/span>Cook Islands<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Fiji<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Hawai\u2018i<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>New Caledonia<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Norfolk Island<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Solomon Islands<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Tonga<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>R\u00e9union Island<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Mauritius<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Madagascar<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Australia<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>New Zealand<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>India<\/span><\/a>, and several southern <\/span>African<\/span><\/a> countries.[2]<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/sup><\/span>Its common names include woolly nightshade<\/b>, ear-leaved nightshade<\/b> (or “earleaf nightshade”), flannel weed<\/b>, bugweed<\/b>, tobacco weed<\/b>, tobacco bush<\/b>, wild tobacco<\/b> and kerosene plant<\/b>.
\nThe plant has a life of up to thirty years, and can grow up to 10 m (33 ft) tall.<\/span> Its large oval leaves are grey-green in color and covered with felt-like hairs. The flower is purple with a yellow center. The plant can <\/span>flower<\/span><\/a> year round but fruiting occurs in late spring to early summer.<\/span> It is tolerant of many <\/span>soil<\/span><\/a> types and quickly becomes established around <\/span>plantations<\/span><\/a>, forest margins, scrub and open land.
\n<\/span>All parts of the Solanum mauritianum<\/i> plant are <\/span>poisonous<\/span><\/a> to humans, especially the berries.[2]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Human fatalities have resulted from the consumption of the berries.[3]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> The main <\/span>toxic<\/span><\/a> compound is the <\/span>alkaloid<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>solasodine<\/span><\/a>, with the highest content in the unripe green <\/span>berry<\/span><\/a> (2% – 3.5% dry weight).[4]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> <\/span>Solauricine<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>solauricidine<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>solasodamine<\/span><\/a> have also been found in Solanum mauritianum<\/i>.[3]<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/sup><\/span>S. mauritianum<\/i> is a favoured food plant of the <\/span>African olive pigeon<\/span><\/a> (Columba arquatrix<\/i>),[5]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> the <\/span>Cape bulbul<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>red-whiskered bulbul<\/span><\/a>.[6]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Watt & Brandwijk state that horses, domestic chickens and all birds eat the fruit with impunity, and further state that no records of poisoning in children exist, casting doubt on contrary published accounts.[7]<\/span><\/a>
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Name: Solanum mauritianum<\/b> Scop.
\nFamily: Solanaceae<\/i>
\nCommon name: Bug Tree<\/b>
\nNative of Tropical Africa<\/span>
\nLocation: Ooty town, Nilgiris, TN
\nAltitude: 2000 -2200 ASL
\nDate: 24 Jan 2011<\/span><\/p>\n

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Which Sp. of Solanum?:<\/a> wiith ref. to Mutthu`s Solanum.
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Solanum mauritianum Scop. [Solanaceae]:<\/a>
\nName: <\/span>Solanum mauritianum<\/b> Scop.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Family: Solanaceae<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Common name: Bug Tree, Wild tobacco bush<\/b><\/div>\n
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Native of Tropical Africa<\/span><\/div>\n
Location: Ooty town, Nilgiris, TN<\/span><\/div>\n
Altitude: 2000 -2200 ASL<\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 24 Jan 2011
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it must be without doubt Solanum mauritianum<\/i>, and not Solanum giganteum<\/i>.
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\nSolanum auriculatum Aiton SN April 10<\/a> : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors.
\nSolanum auriculatum<\/i> Aiton, Fam: <\/span>Solanaceae<\/i> Frequent shrub<\/span> in the Nilgiri Hill area and other south Indian hill stations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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S. auriculatum<\/i> Ait. is considered as synonym of S. mauritianum<\/b> in GRIN database and other websites, but The Plant List treats them distinct. …,<\/span> it would be helpful if you can spell out the differences between the species, and whether both are grown in India, so that I can update our key: <\/span>\/species\/m—z\/s\/solanaceae\/solanum<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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HAL 13 & 14 27\/10\/2014<\/a> : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)<\/span><\/div>\n
Please ID this small medicinal shrub<\/span> with cluster of violet flowers in terminal umbel.
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This should be Solanum mauritianum<\/i>…<\/p>\n

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Thanks for the positive ID<\/p>\n

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\nSolanaceae Fortnight :: Solanum mauritianum :: Ooty :: DVFEB22\/30<\/a> : 5 posts by 4 authors. 7 images.
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Solanaceae Week: Solanum mauritianum PKFEB11\/11<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
\nSolanum mauritianum<\/i> Scop. collected <\/span>from Nelliyampathy.<\/span><\/div>\n
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not only unique inflorescewnce, there is a peculiar way the smaller leaves that form kind-s corkscrew type arrangement on the stem, Solanum<\/i> seems to have a varied physical life range<\/p>\n

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\nSolanaceae Fortnight:: Solanum mauritianum from Darjeeling-NS Feb 44\/44<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7)
\n<\/span>This <\/span>large shrub was found in a free pocket along a busy road <\/span>in Darjeeling<\/span>, distantly I took this as <\/span>Solanum erianthum <\/i>until I went closer to see distinctly blue flowers in larger clusters..
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Solanaceae Fortnight :: Solanum mauritianum :: Ooty :: ARKFEB-21\/27<\/a> : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Attached are pictures of Solanum mauritianum<\/i> captured at Ooty<\/span> by the roadside<\/span> in November 2013.
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Solanaceae Fortnight : Solanum mauritianum : Kodaikanal : 25FEB15 : AK-27<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author.
\nSolanum mauritianum<\/i> from Kodaikanal<\/span>, a<\/span> wild plant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Solanaceae fortnight SN 03<\/a> : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments(1)
\nSolanum<\/i> auriculatum<\/i> Aiton,<\/span> frequent wild shrub<\/span> from Bangalore and Nilgiri area<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nSolanaceae Fortnight : Solanum mauritianum : Sri Lanka : 26FEB15 : AK-31<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments <\/span>(2)
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\nLocation: near Munnar, Idukki Dist., Kerala
\n<\/span>Altitude: 3000fsl
\n<\/span><\/span>Flower date: 12NOV2022, 07pm<\/span>
\n<\/span>Habitat: wild moisture roadside
\n<\/span>Plant habit: shrub erect branches, weak cylindrical stem, velvety, whole plant seems to be greenish ash in colour, bracts\/winged branch, perennial
\n<\/span><\/span>Height: 05 feet<\/span>
\n<\/span>Leaves: alternate, elliptic, acute, velvety both sides, soft fleshy flexible, greenish ash, size upto:22\u00d710cm
\n<\/span>Flower: terminal umbel racemose, clustered, diameter:17mm, violet, lite fragrance
\n<\/span><\/span>Fruit: berry green into \u2026, globular velvety, diameter:12mm<\/span>
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Solanum mauritianum\u00a0<\/em>Scop. !<\/p>\n

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Yes it is\u00a0Solanum mauritianum<\/em>, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant,<\/p>\n

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Id of a Flower -ID08012024SH1<\/a>: 4 high res. images.<\/p>\n

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Location – Near Ooty, Tamilnadu
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Names of Plants in India :: Solanum mauritianum Scop.<\/a>:
\nSolanum mauritianum<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Scop.
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so-LAN-num<\/b>\u00a0— solace, quietude; referring to the narcotic properties of some species<\/span> …\u00a0Dave’s Botanary<\/a>
\nmaw-rih-tee-AY-num<\/b>\u00a0— of Mauritius, from the Mascareignes islands<\/span> …\u00a0Dave’s Botanary<\/a>commonly known as<\/b>: bugweed, earleaf nightshade, flannel weed, kerosene plant, tobacco bush, tobacco weed, tree tobacco, wild tobacco, woolly nightshade<\/p>\n

botanical names<\/b>:\u00a0Solanum mauritianum<\/i>\u00a0Scop. …\u00a0synonyms<\/b>\u00a0listed at\u00a0POWO<\/a>, retrieved 04 September 2024<\/p>\n

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Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals \/ websites have a tendency to re-organize \/ revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the\u00a0languages of India<\/a>\u00a0mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken\u00a0sensu amplo<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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written and spoken widely, in most parts of India<\/div>\n
bugweed, earleaf nightshade\u00a0(or ear-leaved nightshade), flannel weed, kerosene plant, tobacco bush, tobacco weed, wild tobacco, woolly nightshade<\/b><\/div>\n