Herbarium JCB

Solanum torvum Sw.

Family : SOLANACEAE
(NIGHTSHADE FAMILY OR BRINJAL FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Solanaceae
Species : Solanum torvum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Solanum rudepannum Dunal
Common name : Turkey Berry
Vernacular name : Kudane, Sundekkayi (Kan.); Sundai, Sundaikai (Tam.); Bongeredu, Chundaikai, Chitra kaya chettu, Konda vusti (Tel.); Bhuta bhajaria, Kantua, Dengabheji, Kathkoli (Ori.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-47
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy & Rajasri Ray
Collection Date : 12/09/14
Collection Locality : Way to Amirthi R.F., Vellore district, Tamil Nadu State
Key identification features : A large hairy shrub with prickles on the stem and along the petiole. Leaves are ovate-lanceolate, hairy and shallowly lobed. Flowers are in corymbose cymes. Petals are white with hairy lobes. Fruit a globose berry and is green.
Habit : Shrub
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
Native : West Indies
Comments : Cultivated for its edible fruits used in traditional cooking. Plant is of medicinal value.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : Naturalized in Tropics
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Solanum torvum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.