Dear Sir, It is Solanum torvum a very common plant in Kerala. Tender fruits are good vegetable too.
Thanks Santhosh 2009/10/9 Dr Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Yes Prashant ji and Satish ji > S. torvum fits much better > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 > Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Prashant awale <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Satish ji, >> >> Could this be Solanum torvum. >> >> Thanks & best wishes >> Prashant >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Dr Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Satish ji >>> Firstly the plant looks much more glabrous than expected. >>> Secondly the taxonomy of Solanum indicum L. is very complex. One thing is >>> sure, Solanum indicum L. can't be used as name, as it has been listed as >>> rejected name in 2006 publication of Botanical Code. Now what are the >>> possibilities for our plants of S. indicum. According to GRIN taxonomy page >>> S. indicum L. is now S. lasiocarpum Dunal, whereas S. indicum auct. is S. >>> anguivi Lam. According to Eflora of China S. indicum L. is synonym of S. >>> violaceum Ortega. Eflora of Pakistan prefers S. anguivi for S. indicum. Here >>> is the key for three species that we should keep in mind while sorting >>> specimens of S. indicum L. >>> >>> Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal: Leaf 10-20 × 8-18 cm ;Corolla white; Fruit >>> densely stellate, 2 cm, orange; calyx lobes nearly leaflike, 8-10 mm long >>> >>> Solanum violaceum Ortega: Leaf 5-11 × 2-8 cm; Corolla blue-purple, >>> sometimes white; Fruit glabrous, 8-13 mm, shiny orange; calyx lobes not >>> leaflike, mostly less than 7 mm. >>> >>> Solanum anguivi Lam.: Leaves 4-15 x 3.5-9 cm; lowers bluish purple; Fruit >>> 8-10 mm, glabrescent, yellow;calyx lobes not leaf-like, nearly 4 mm >>> >>> >>> So barring more glabrous plants, your plant should be S. violaceum. >>> Berries appear glabrous to me. You may please check on above features and >>> decide. >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College >>> University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 >>> Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089 >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> A commonly observed Solanaceae member growing wild in open spaces in >>>> Pune. >>>> is it called as *Solanum indicum*? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- SANTHOSH ------------------------------------------ Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar Tropical BOtanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala India www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
