- Family : SOLANACEAE
(Nightshade Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
- Synonym(s) : Solanum arabicum Dunal; Solanum armatum Forssk.; Solanum ferox Burm.f.; Solanum jacquinii Willd.; Solanum jacquinii Miq.; Solanum macannii Santapau; Solanum mairei H.Lév.; Solanum melongena Wall.; Solanum surattense Burm.f.; Solanum surattense var. awanicum Yousaf, Mir A.Khan & Shinwari; Solanum virginicum L.; Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad.; Solanum xanthocarpum var. jacquinii (Willd.) Dunal; Solanum xanthocarpum var. schraderi Dunal
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Solanum virginianum L.
- Common name : Febrifuge plant, Yellow berried Nightshade
- Vernacular name :
- Kateli, Ringani, Bhat kaliya, Kattay (Hindi)
- Kandankathiri (Tamil)
- Pinna mulaka, Nela mulaka, Vankuda, Nelavankuda (Telugu)
- Ankranti, Ankuranti, Beji begun, Bejari (Oria)
- Nelagulle (Kannada)
- Kantakaari (Sanskrit)
- Bhui-ringni (Marathi)
- Kandakarichunda, Kandakarivazhuthina, Kandankathiri, Puttachunda (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Degraded forest areas, also along roadsides and wasteland
- Comments / notes : occasional on plains to 400m.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy; S.B.Manohar, S.R.Ramesh
- Collection Date : 10-08-2010, 19-01-1979
- Collection Nos : FAP 39875, KFP 5916
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli forest, Anantapur district (AP); Kudligi-Hospet road, Bellary district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Jharkhand :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Afghanistan, Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Gulf States, India, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Yemen
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Gulf States, India, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Yemen
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381
- 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Solanum virginianum. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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