• Family : SOLANACEAE
  (Nightshade Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : SOLANACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Solanum khasianum var. chatterjeeanum Sengupta
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Solanum viarum Dunal
• Common name : Tropical soda apple
• Vernacular name : Mullukathri (Tamil); Bheji baigan, Denga bheji (Oria); Kandakarichunda (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Waste places, foothills of degrded Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 1400m.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Thrissur district
  • Odisha : Kandhamal district, Kalhandi district, Koraput district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, Namakkal district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Dindigul district, Vellore district, Dharmapuri district, Sivaganga district, Villipuram district, Tiruvannamalai district, Theni district
• Native : South America
• World Distribution : Naturalized in Tropics
• 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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; Ravichandran V personal observation 2014 July
• 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 viarum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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