Santhan Ji, As I searched for information on Indian Solanaceae for the past two days I came across a number of articles and papers. I didn't understand much of the content though.
I copy the following words from an article found in http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJPT/article/view/931 "Working on the *S. nigrum* complex of the Indian subcontinent, Schilling and Anderson (1990), on the basis of chromosome number as well as some other morphological characters, recognized three distinct species, viz. (i) *S. americanum* Mill., 2n = 2x = 24 (inflorescence umbellate, fruits shiny purple-black with reflexed sepals), (ii) *S. villosum* Mill., 2n = 4x = 48 (fruits very distinctive orange, orange-brown or reddishorange), and (iii) *S. nigrum* L., 2n = 6x = 72 (inflorescence racemiform, fruits dull purple-black with sepals adhering to the fruits)." The KEY and description is available at - http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=244&tx_news_pi1[news]=321&cHash=63cf21f6fb21f93a280b4a9bb8267276 I do not know if more recent papers negate the above claims. Thank you Regards surajit On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:23 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Santhan ji. > But Solanum americanum > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/solanaceae/solanum/solanum-americanum-1> > & > Solanum nigrum > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/solanaceae/solanum/solanum-nigrum> > are > different. > > On 18 February 2015 at 12:18, Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> *Solanum* *americanum* Mill.(= *Solanum* *nigrum* L), wild as well as >> cultivated under shrub, wondered by seeing it from coastal area to 2300 m >> at Doddabetta, Nilgiris, immature fruits are fried and taken as a crispy >> side dish, leaves are used as green. Fresh ripen fruits are eaten raw. Two >> varieties are found here, one with small scales on the stem another nearly >> smooth. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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.
