Solanum indicum L.

 
  • Family : SOLANACEAE
    (Nightshade Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal
  • Vernacular name :
    • Mothi-ringni (Marathi)
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Comments / notes : A common weed in open fields. Occasional in forests an undergrowth
  • Key identification features : Armed shrub, prickles long, straight
  • Flower, Fruit : May-February
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
    • Tamil Nadu : Theni district
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state, Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Ravichandran V personal observation 2014 Aug.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Solanum indicum. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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