Yes Prashant ji and Satish ji S. torvum fits much better -- 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/
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ >> >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
