Herbarium JCB

Solanum violaceum Ortega

Family : SOLANACEAE
(NIGHTSHADE FAMILY OR BRINJAL FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Solanaceae
Species : Solanum violaceum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Solanum violaceum Ortega
Common name : Poison berry
Vernacular name : Ban bhata, Bhat kaira, Birhatta, Barhanta (Hin.); Mullu Sundekaayi, Kaadu Badnekaayi, Ustikaayi (Kan.); Mulsundai (Tam.); Jiddumunaja chettu, Tella mulaka, Kakamunchi (Tel.); Kantra, Denga bheji, Bheji baigan (Ori.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0028 & HJCB-0052
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.
Collection Date : 12/09/14; 13/09/2014
Collection Locality : Pudunur R.F., Javadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu State; Toppur Village, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu State
Key identification features : Armed with short spines, stellately tomentose and is a prickly under shrub. Leaf is shallowly lobed, ovate-oblong, somewhat oblique. Cymes are short, few-flowered or many flowered. Calyx is somewhat prickly, corolla is blue, slightly stellately hairy. Berries are globose, about a cm across, glabrous and yellow.
Habit : Undershrub
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
Comments : Occasional in hills of Eastern Ghats.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bellary district, Kolar district (Karnataka State); Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivagangai district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villupuram district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State)
World Distribution : Tropical Asia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
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 violaceum. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.