Solanum spirale Roxb.

 
  • Family : SOLANACEAE
    (Nightshade Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Solanum apoense Elmer; Solanum callium C.T.White ex R.J.F.Hend.; Solanum naratida Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Solanum spirale var. tetrasepalum H.Zhu; Solanum superficiens Adelb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Solanum spirale Roxb.
  • Habit : Herb or Undershrub
  • Comments / notes : Boiled leaves are given in asthmatic trouble.
  • Key identification features : Herbs or undershrubs, up to 3 m high; Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, entire; Flowers in extra-axillary racemes, up to 1.5 cm across, white; Berries globose, smooth, orange-yellow when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : August- December
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 208
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Solanum spirale . Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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