Dear gurcharan Ji, You are right this plant complete matches with the description of *Solanum torvum* in eflora of China ** *Solanum torvum* Swartz, Prodr. 47. 1788.
Shrubs 1-2(-3) m tall, sparingly armed, densely pubescent overall with many-rayed, grayish stellate hairs. Stems with stout, recurved, reddish or pale-yellow prickles 2.5-10 × 2-10 mm and sometimes bearing basal stellate hairs. Leaves solitary or paired; petiole 2-4 cm; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, 6-16(-19) × 4-11(-13) cm, with yellow, many-branched stellate hairs, armed or unarmed, base cordate or cuneate, margin sinuate or usually 5-7-lobed, apex acute. Inflorescences extra-axillary, many-flowered racemose panicles; peduncle mostly 1- or 2-branched, 1-1.8 cm, stellate pubescent. Flowers andromonoecious. Pedicel dark, slender, 5-12 mm, bearing simple glandular hairs and stalked stellate hairs. Calyx cup-shaped, 4-5 mm, pubescence as on pedicel; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 mm. Corolla white, rotate, 1-1.3 × 1-1.5 cm; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 8-10 mm, stellate pubescent abaxially. Filaments ca. 1 mm; anthers 4-7 mm. Style 6-8 mm. Fruiting pedicel 1-2 cm, thickened upwards, with sparse stellate and simple glandular hairs. Fruiting calyx ca. 1.5 cm. Berry yellow, smooth, glabrous, 1-1.5 cm in diam. Seeds discoid, 1.5-2 mm in diam. Fl. and fr. throughout the year. Regards Tanay On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dinesh ji and Tanay > After seeing the link provided by by Tanay, my confidence for calling this > plant as S. anguivi as wavering. Two things are quite clear, the > inflorescence seems to be looking different, more of a raceme in S. anguivi, > here it is a cymose. Secondly the leaves are supposed to to sinuate or with > rounded lobes, here the lobes are clearly acute. Also the flowers of S. > anguivi should be purplish or white with purplish veins outside, which I > don't see here. To me the above plant fits better with S. torvum Sw. Tanay > your reasearch on this would perhaps bring some solution. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 12:42 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Dinesh ji >> I think my answer will be no . S anguivi is introduced plant in india i >> hope based on the distribution pattern but had few changes in morphology due >> to abiotic conditions of the two regions are different hence named as S >> indicum . >> Regards >> tanay >> >> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Dinesh Valke >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Tanay, already been through various pages for knowing the synonyms of *S. >>> anguivi*. >>> Perhaps may not be competent enough to know the different *S. indicum*... >>> for instance >>> >>> *S. indicum* auct. non L. ... understanding that this is synonym of *S. >>> anguivi* ... non-native of India >>> *S. indicum* Linn. ... found throughout India in the plains and >>> foothills. >>> >>> >>> My earlier query, refined : would we not be having *S. anguivi* a >>> non-native and *S. indicum*, a native of India, as separate species ? >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:30 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Dear Dinesh Ji, >>>> Please go through the information provided in the link below there is >>>> details about everything you want to know about *S anguivi* >>>> >>>> http://database.prota.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=QBE_QUERY&BU=http://database.prota.org/search.htm&TN=PROTAB~1&QB0=AND&QF0=Species+Code&QI0=Solanum+anguivi&RF=Webdisplay<http://database.prota.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=QBE_QUERY&BU=http://database.prota.org/search.htm&TN=PROTAB%7E1&QB0=AND&QF0=Species+Code&QI0=Solanum+anguivi&RF=Webdisplay> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Tanay >>>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Dinesh Valke >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> 1) Is *Solanum anguivi* native to India ? >>>>> NPGS / GRIN shows nativity to be tropical Africa and Arabian peninsula >>>>> ... ENVIS - FRLHT states Indo-Malesia. >>>>> >>>>> 2) Please validate: *S. anguivi* the present name of *S. indicum* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:58 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear Dinesh ji. >>>>>> Also think this plant is *Solanum anguivi* .. >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Tanay >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Satish Phadke < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Appears to be* Solanum anguivi* >>>>>>> Dr Phadke >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 30 March 2010 23:08, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dear friends, >>>>>>>> Believing to be some Solanum species, ID please. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Date/Time* : September 28, 2009 at 3.30pm IST >>>>>>>> *Location Place* : Saphale Ghat, Maharashtra ... *Altitude* : 108 m >>>>>>>> ... *GPS* : 19°35'19.48"N, 72°50'50.96"E >>>>>>>> *Habitat* : wild ... *Type* : along road >>>>>>>> *Plant Habit* : armed shrub ... *Height *: about 1 - 1.5 m >>>>>>>> *Leaves Type *: simple leaf, margin sinuated ? ... *Shape* : >>>>>>>> elliptic ? ... *Size* : about 8 - 15 cm x 4 - 8 cm >>>>>>>> *Inflorescence Type* : do not know ... *Size* : do not know >>>>>>>> *Flowers Size* : about 20 - 25 mm ... *Colour* : lilac ... *Calyx*: do >>>>>>>> not know ... >>>>>>>> *Bracts* : do not know >>>>>>>> *Fruits Type* : berry ... *Shape *: globose ... *Size* : about 8 - >>>>>>>> 10 mm ... *Seeds* : do not know >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Other Info* : >>>>>>>> *Fragrance* : do not know ... *Pollinator* : do not know ... * >>>>>>>> Uses* : do not know >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Tanay Bose >>>>>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>>>>> 9830439691(Mobile) >>>>>> 9674221362 (Mobile) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tanay Bose >>>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>>> 9830439691(Mobile) >>>> 9674221362 (Mobile) >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >> 9830439691(Mobile) >> 9674221362 (Mobile) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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