- Family : SOLANACEAE
(Nightshade Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
- Synonym(s) : Atropa arborescens L.; Dunalia arborescens (L.) Sleumer; Eplateia arborescens (L.) Raf.; Lycium arborescens (L.) Spreng.; Pederlea arborescens (L.) Raf.; Acnistus aggregatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Miers; Acnistus benthamii Miers; Acnistus campanulatus (Lam.) Merr.; Acnistus cauliflorus Schott; Acnistus cerasus Hieron. ex Seckt; Acnistus floccosus Werderm.; Acnistus floribundus (Kunth) G.Don; Acnistus frutescens Bello; Acnistus grandiflorus Miers; Acnistus guayaquilensis (Kunth) G.Don; Acnistus lehmannii Dammer; Acnistus macrophyllus (Benth.) Standl.; Acnistus miersii Dunal; Acnistus plumieri Miers; Acnistus pringlei Fernald; Acnistus punctatus Ridl.; Acnistus ramiflorus Miers; Acnistus sideroxyloides (Willd.) G.Don; Acnistus virgatus Griseb.; Atropa arborea Willd. ex Dunal; Atropa arborescens Roem. & Schult.; Atropa sideroxyloides Willd.; Atropa solanacea All. ex Steud.; Brachistus oblongifolius Miers; Capsicum oblongifolium (Miers) Kuntze; Cestrum campanulatum Lam.; Cestrum cauliflorum Jacq.; Cestrum cauliflorum Sieber ex Bercht. & C.Presl; Cestrum kohauti Bercht. & J.Presl; Cestrum macrostemon Sessé & Moc.; Dunalia arborescens var. campanulata (Lam.) J.F.Macbr.; Dunalia campanulata (Lam.) J.F.Macbr.; Dunalia macrophylla (Benth.) Sleumer; Ephaiola odorata Raf.; Lycium aggregatum Ruiz & Pav.; Lycium floribundum Kunth; Lycium grandiflorum Steud.; Lycium grandifolium Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Lycium guayaquilense Kunth; Lycium macrophyllum Benth.; Pederlea aggregata Raf.; Solanum congestum Vell.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Iochroma arborescens (L.) J.M.H.Shaw
- Common name : Gallinero, Hollow heart, Wild tobacco, Bastard sirio
- Habit : Tree
- Key identification features : Large shrub or a small tree; Leaves alternate, elliptic, entire, often with small wart-like galls; Flowers white, fragrant, bell-shaped in dense fascicles, petal lobes deflexed; Fruit juicy berry with many small flat seeds; Bark beige, corky with deep vertical ridges and fissures.
- Distribution :
- Maharashtra : Mahabaleshwar
- Native : Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Islands
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Islands
- Literature :
- Photograph of Dinesh Valke
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acnistus arborescens. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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