Dear Satish ji, Could this be Solanum torvum.
Thanks & best wishes Prashant On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Dr Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Satish ji > Firstly the plant looks much more glabrous than expected. > Secondly the taxonomy of Solanum indicum L. is very complex. One thing is > sure, Solanum indicum L. can't be used as name, as it has been listed as > rejected name in 2006 publication of Botanical Code. Now what are the > possibilities for our plants of S. indicum. According to GRIN taxonomy page > S. indicum L. is now S. lasiocarpum Dunal, whereas S. indicum auct. is S. > anguivi Lam. According to Eflora of China S. indicum L. is synonym of S. > violaceum Ortega. Eflora of Pakistan prefers S. anguivi for S. indicum. Here > is the key for three species that we should keep in mind while sorting > specimens of S. indicum L. > > Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal: Leaf 10-20 × 8-18 cm ;Corolla white; Fruit > densely stellate, 2 cm, orange; calyx lobes nearly leaflike, 8-10 mm long > > Solanum violaceum Ortega: Leaf 5-11 × 2-8 cm; Corolla blue-purple, > sometimes white; Fruit glabrous, 8-13 mm, shiny orange; calyx lobes not > leaflike, mostly less than 7 mm. > > Solanum anguivi Lam.: Leaves 4-15 x 3.5-9 cm; lowers bluish purple; Fruit > 8-10 mm, glabrescent, yellow;calyx lobes not leaf-like, nearly 4 mm > > > So barring more glabrous plants, your plant should be S. violaceum. Berries > appear glabrous to me. You may please check on above features and decide. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 > Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> A commonly observed Solanaceae member growing wild in open spaces in Pune. >> is it called as *Solanum indicum*? >> >> -- >> >> http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com >> >> >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
