Nice pics and related memories.. On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Solanum viarum Dunal, A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1):240. 1852 > syn: *Solanum khasianum* var. *chatterjeeanum* Sengupta > > The morni trip helped me to understand Solanum viarum more closely, a > plant on which there has been considerable discussion on our group. The > species is distinct from other woody species of the genus in its medium > sized white flowers with narrow corolla lobes about 8-10 mm long, flowers > 1-5 in a cluster and 2-3 cm across pale yellow berries. > > The prickles are of two types: most on the stem with broad base curved at > tip and up to 5 mm long. and some needle like straight prickles. In > addition the surface of leaf along the veins is covered with straight long > prickles up to 2 cm long. > > The leaves are sometimes in unequal pairs, irregular-lobed with 3-5 > rounded lobes, lobes usually reaching middle or so, glandular and stellate > hairy > > The flowers cluster is borne on a short cluster, usually on under side. > Usually only one flower in the cluster matures into a 2-4 cm long berry, > mostly pale yellow in colour. > > The plant was found growing at altitude of about 700 m in the Morni Hill > tract. > > > -- > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Regards, Dr. Nidhan Singh Assistant Professor Department of Botany I.B. (PG) College Panipat-132103 Haryana Ph.: 09416371227 -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
