Yazdy ji Here is some characters of S. viarum from Flora of china: armed with recurved prickles 2-5 × 1-5(-8) mm and sometimes with needlelike prickles 1-4 mm........Corolla white or green.....................pale yellow, globose, 2-3 cm in diam.
Even the key in Flora of China separates S. viarum and other species on the basis of pale yellow fruit. There are numerous photographs on net with pale yellow fruits, none with red http://www.floridasnature.com/images/Tropical%20Soda%20Apple_Solanum%20viarum%20Dunal.jpg http://zipcodezoo.com/photographers/John%20W.%20Everest.asp http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5290026 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solanum_viarum_1149076.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solanum_viarum_1149076.jpg http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/c23rrkIiRh4TmwOIgnY1lg -- 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 Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends , > From the links provided by Dr. Gurcharan Singh ji, it is clear, it is > not Solanum mammosum as the fruits are totally different. > The description of Solanum Viarum prickles size shown as up to 5 mm > long is not correct. The prickles can be as long as 15 mm as seen in > the second link provided by Dr. Gurcharan Singh ji. However the yellow > fruits seen on the almost dead plant is because it has not ripened but > decayed. The third picture of Solanum viarum clearly shows the fruit > is yellow and slowly turning red. > I think it is solanum Viarum. > Regards > Yazdy. > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Solanum mammosum is known as MACAWBUSH, NIPLEFRUIT--densely hairy and > > prickly herb; flowers mauve; fruits ovoid-oblong, 4-7 cm long, yellow, > > Solanum viarum (syn: S. khasianum Cl. var. chatterjeanum > > S. Gupta): TROPICAL SODA APPLE—Small shrub with glandular hairs; prickles > > up > > to 5 mm long, curved as well straight; infl 1-5 fld, peduncle reduced; > > corolla white; berry pale yellow, 2-3 cm across. > > > http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd329958 > > Perhaps yazdi ji can comment in light of above comparison. Habit and > fruits > > are very different in two. > > > > > > http://www.gri.msstate.edu/ipams/Species.php?SName=Solanum+viarum&CName= > > > http://www.floridasnature.com/images/Tropical%20Soda%20Apple_Solanum%20viarum%20Dunal.jpg > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Pudji Widodo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> I think it is Solanum mammosum or nipplefruit > >> > >> Pudji Widodo > >> Fakultas Biologi Unsoed > >> PURWOKERTO INDONESIA > >> > >> On Oct 23, 12:58 pm, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Thank You Mani, I will try to find it out by the Malayalam name . > >> > However, once again, the flowers are white, whereas the pictures I had > >> > submitted last year had purple flowers.Certain portals show both > >> > purple as well as white flowers. > >> > Regards > >> > Yazdy. > >> > > >> > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:24 AM, mani nair <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> > > Yazdy ji, nice photo. In Malayalam we call it "Kattuvazuthana" > >> > > meaning wild brinjal. > >> > > Regards, > >> > > Mani. > >> > > >> > > On 10/22/10, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Friends, > >> > >> Solanum Viarum. > >> > >> Date & Time 22 October 2010 > >> > >> Location: Place, Altitude, GPS Chethalayam, Wayanad. > >> > >> Habitat: Garden, Urban, Wild Type: Wild > >> > >> Plant Habit: Tree, Shrub, Climber, Herb shrub > >> > >> Height, Length. 2.5’ > >> > >> Leaves Type, Shape, Size Irregular with spines > >> > >> Inflorescence Type Size > >> > >> Flowers Size Colour Calyx Bracts- White > >> > >> Fruits Type, Shape, Size Seeds Round 25 mm > >> > >> Other Information like Frangrance, Pollinator, Uses. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Yazdy. > >> > > >> > >> You have been sent 3 pictures. > >> > > >> > >> DSCN3841.JPG > >> > >> DSCN3842.JPG > >> > >> DSCN3844.JPG > >> > > >> > >> These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. > >> > >> Try it out here:http://picasa.google.com/ > > > > > > -- > > 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/ > > > > >
