Dear all, ID of the posted plant is suggested as *Solanum hovei* Dunal at iNaturalist <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145238916>.
More about SAHNI, K. C.; NAITHANI, H. B.. *A Note on the Occurrence of Solanum hovei Dunal in India.* Indian Forester, [S.l.], p. 580-583, oct. 1973. ISSN 2321-094X. Available at: <https://www.indianforester.co.in/index.php/indianforester/article/view/27060>. doi:10.36808/if/1975/v101i10/27060. Regards. Dinesh On Monday, 1 October 2012 at 21:42:55 UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: > The plant often gone under the name Solanum indicum in Indian Floras has > now been understood as several species. One such is S. anguivi which has > again white flowers with purple veins on outside and more important there > are numerous berries in a bunch. > > http://database.prota.org/PROTAhtml/Solanum%20anguivi_Fr.htm > > Please also see the key on our website > > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/solanaceae/solanum > > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Satish Phadke <drsmp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Why not Solanum anguivi?which is reported from KAS >> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I think Prabhu ji is right, it should be S. violaceum with broad-based >>> prickles and purple-violet flowers >>> However, as per recent interpretation of S. lasiocarpum (these species >>> have been much confused in the past), S. lasiocarpum has only white (and >>> not purple) flowers and characteristic hairy ovary and berry. >>> >>> >>> http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/solanaceaesource/taxonomy/description-detail.jsp?spnumber=3386 >>> >>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020589 >>> >>> -- >>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:08 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you very very very much Prabhu ji for the correction. >>>> I will do the changes in my flickr notes shortly. >>>> Regards. >>>> Dinesh >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Prabhu kumar KM <prabhum...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Dineshji Good shot............ >>>>> But it is not *S. lasiocarpum* >>>>> I think it is *Solanum violaceum* Ortega ssp. *violaceum* >>>>> Please check. >>>>> *S. lasiocarpum: *Robust shrubs, to 1.5 m high; stems densely >>>>> spineus prickled and stellate hairy. Leaves to 35 x 35 cm, >>>>> ovate-orbicular, >>>>> entire or shallowly lacerate; stellate hairs unequally armed; petioles >>>>> 5-10 >>>>> cm long. Flowers in groups of 2-3, axillary, epedunculate; pedicels >>>>> short; >>>>> calyx densely stellate hairy; corolla 3-4 cm across, blue, hairy outside; >>>>> ovary densely hairy. Berry 3-5 cm across, globose, densely covered with >>>>> spineus bristles. >>>>> >>>>> *Solanum violaceum* Ortega ssp. *violaceum: *Armed undershrubs, up >>>>> to 1.5 m tall; branches minutely stellate-hairy on young parts, glabrate >>>>> when mature. Leaves 5-12 x 4-7 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, sinuately to >>>>> deeply lobed, base rounded or unequal, apex subacute, sparsely >>>>> stellate-hairy above, stellate-woolly beneath, prickly on the nerves; >>>>> petiole to 2.5 cm long. Flowers bluish-violet in extra-axillary racemes; >>>>> peduncle c. 4 cm long; pedicel to 8 mm long. Calyx cupular; lobes 5, c. >>>>> 5 >>>>> mm long, triangular, prickly. Corolla c. 2 cm across, campanulate. >>>>> Stamens 5; anthers c. 5 mm long. Ovary c. 2 x 2 mm, globose; stigma >>>>> acute. Berry 0.8-1.3 cm across, globose; orange yellow when ripe. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Prabhu Kumar K M* >>>>> Scientist >>>>> Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division >>>>> Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) >>>>> & 'CMPR' Herbarium >>>>> Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala >>>>> Kottakkal, Malappuram >>>>> *E-mail: prabhum...@gmail.com* >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/06eb2763-8e57-417e-8126-bc80ae1ca278n%40googlegroups.com.
