In spite of the label the tree appears to be Solanum wrightii for several reasons
S. wrightii is characterised by flowers which are intitially blue or purple fading to white, large in size. The plant was uploaded by Pankaj ji few days back There is no published name Solanum macrophyllum Hart. according to KEW Plant List, GRIN, the species is S. macrophyllum Dunal (or Hort. ex Dunal according to IPNI) which is synonym of S. lanceifolium Jacq. or S. albidum Dunal. (KEW Plant List). Hortus Third, the most comprehensive treatise does not list C. macrophyllum, it,however, lists S. macranthum also having bluish purple flowers fading to white. Some databases treat S. wrightii and S. macranthum as synonyms. http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/SOLANUM_MACRANTHUM.htm <http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/SOLANUM_MACRANTHUM.htm> http://plants.jstor.org/upwta/5_227 <http://plants.jstor.org/upwta/5_227> http://mgonline.com/articles/brazilianpotatotree.aspx <http://mgonline.com/articles/brazilianpotatotree.aspx>-- 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/ 2011/4/10 raghu ananth <[email protected]> > Midrib Prickles ...
