- 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 seaforthianum Andrews
- Common name : The Potato Creeper, Brazilian Nightshade, Italian Jasmine, St. Vincent Lilac
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Degraded evergreen and Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Commonly seen as a hedge plant around estates and also grown in gardens.
- Flower, Fruit : July-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Prakasam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
- Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, Namakkal district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Vellore district, Villipuram district, Dindigul district, Sivaganga district
- Native : Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Widely naturalised
- 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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 seaforthianum. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.
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