- Family : SOLANACEAE
(Nightshade Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
- Synonym(s) : Solanum niveum Vahl
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Solanum giganteum Jacq.
- Vernacular name :
- Kantua (Oria)
- Putharichunda, Saambal kilurai (Tamil)
- Cheruchunda (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 1300m, on slopes, by thickets, shola borders etc.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
- Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Satara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Vellore district, Salem district, Dharmapuri district, Dindigul district, Coimbatore district, Villipuram district, Tiruvannamalai district
- Native : Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Congo, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Congo, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- 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
- Prakasa Rao, J et al (2015). Tree additions to the flora of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. JoTT. 7 (12):7953-7957
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Solanum giganteum. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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