Solanum americanum Mill.

 
  • Family : SOLANACEAE
    (Nightshade Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : SOLANACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Solanum americanum Mill.
  • Common name : American Black Nightshade
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Degraded moist deciduous forest areas and riversides, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Cosmopolitan in distribution
  • Flower, Fruit : March-November
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts
  • Literature : Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Solanum americanum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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