Now I understand that the plant I referred here is *S.erianthum*. I somehow (wrongly) considered S.erianthum a synonym of S.torvum. Thank you Sir for correction. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Monday, December 23, 2013 9:33:29 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > Rawat ji > Solanum erianthum D. Don and S. torvum Sw. are totally different species, > former without prickles and latter with distinct broad based prickles > > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=130618 > > S. torvum is a smaller shrub barely taller than 2 m, whereas S. erianthum > is frequently a tree. > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 8:17 PM, D.S Rawat > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Solanum torvum (=S.erianthum) have entire lanceolate leaves and plant do >> not have spines on any parts. Seems more closer to S.hispidum. BUT as >> Vijayshankar Ji has pointed out nomeclature is ambiguous. >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> >> On Saturday, December 21, 2013 1:24:25 PM UTC+5:30, Muthu Karthick, N >> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Please help me in identifying this large thorny shrub from *Solanum*. >>> Leaf was as large as 25 cm long, >>> >>> Habitat: roadside weed >>> Date: 12 Dec 2013 >>> Place: Kothagiri town, >>> Alt.: c. 2000 m asl >>> -- >>> Muthu Karthick, N >>> Care Earth Trust >>> #15, second main road, >>> Thillai ganga nagar, >>> Chennai - 600 061 >>> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
