• Family : SOLANACEAE
  (Nightshade Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : SOLANACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Solanum acetosaefolium Lam.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Tuduvalai, Nitidam (Tamil); Uste, Tella uste, Mundea-muste, tellaliste (Telugu); Nab-hiankuri (Oria); Mothirangani, Thothuvala (Malayalam)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Often seen on plains to 500m, on hills.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Kendrapara district, Bhadrak district, Puri district, Ganjam district, Nuapada district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Salem district
• Native : Indo-Malay
• World Distribution : India, Malay Peninsula, Malaccas
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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 trilobatum. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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