It is Solanum torvum only, here flowers white, smaller, matured fruits also green.Leaves will have less spines. Fruits not bitter and is used as a vegetable. It may be an introduced taxon.
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:33 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > I still think this is *Solanum torvum* -- > Regards, > Dr. Nidhan Singh > > efi page on Solanum torvum > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/solanaceae/solanum/solanum-torvum> > > I also think it is Solanum torvum. It is interesting to see the > prickle-less leaves. > However, FoC > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020607> > describes the leaves as 'armed or unarmed'. > Vijay > about prickle on leaves of *Solanum torvum* Sw. - > Sir Prain recorded "leaves not prickly on the nerves" > Haines recorded, "leaves without prickles or with one only beneath near > the base of midrib" > FoC says armed or unarmed > some other sources echo above > about prickle on stem- > should be recurved as major sources I find record > but can be straight also - http://www.fleppc.org/ID_ > book/solanum%20torvum.pdf > > So, the only hurdle remains is the glabrous shinning leaf. Here I fail to > find any strong support. One weak support I find is stellate hair is sparse > on upper surface of leaf - http://www.starrenvironmental.com/ > publications/species_reports/pdf/solanum_torvum.pdf. But this doesn't > explain your point. > Thank you > Regards > Surajit Please throw some light on - http://www. > efloraofgandhinagar.in/shrub/solanum-rudepannum > Thank you > Regards > surajit > > Any chances of Solanum hispidum? Though S.hispidum also have spines. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 13 February 2015 at 17:53 > Subject: [efloraofindia:215481] Solanaceae Fortnight: Solanum sp from > Dakpathar for ID-GSFEB21/23 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Please help in ID of this Solanum sp., photographed from Dakpathar. Looks > similar to S. torvum, but leaves are totally glabrous and shining with no > prickles on leaf, few straight ones on stem. > > 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/ > > -- > 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.
