Name Solanum nigrum is no longer valid. Indian specimens belong to more than one species. One with violet flowers is now correctly known as Solanum violaceum.
-- 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/ On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > I dont think this is either indicum or melongena!! > > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Dr. Arvind Kadus > <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is Solanum indicum indeed ! > > Dr.Kadus Arvind > > Pune. > > > > On Nov 24, 12:23 pm, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Lools similar to Solanum melongina, but the leaf pattern varies, > >> > >> Thorny plant, prickles found on veins and stem, pointed straight, > >> > >> Yana, Uttara Jannada > >> Forest path, > >> Oct 2010 > >> > >> Regards > >> Raghu > >> > >> DSC_8157d.jpg > >> 268KViewDownload > >> > >> DSC_8157a.jpg > >> 259KViewDownload > >> > >> DSC_8158b.jpg > >> 168KViewDownload > >> > >> DSC_8159c.jpg > >> 249KViewDownload > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
