Dear Muthu, it must be without doubt *Solanum mauritianum*, and not *Solanum giganteum*. Got carried away with the reference material at Ref: http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofnilgiripu03fyso/floraofnilgiripu03fyso_djvu.txt .
Many thanks for all your posts of Ooty flora. It helped me get quick IDs. Regards. Dinesh On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Muthu ji ... could there be a chance of *Solanum giganteum* ? > Ref: > http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofnilgiripu03fyso/floraofnilgiripu03fyso_djvu.txt > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Many Thanks Singhji and Rashidaji. >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Very nice pictures, thanks Muthu ji. >>> >>> regards, >>> Rashida. >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Muthu ji for uploading this interesting species. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Name: *Solanum mauritianum* Scop. >>>>> Family: Solanaceae >>>>> Common name: Bug Tree, Wild tobacco bush >>>>> Native of Tropical Africa >>>>> >>>>> Location: Ooty town, Nilgiris, TN >>>>> Altitude: 2000 -2200 ASL >>>>> Date: 24 Jan 2011 >>>>> >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> Is this id right, or could this be some other? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Muthu Karthick, N >>>>> Care Earth Trust >>>>> #15, second main road, >>>>> Thillai ganga nagar, >>>>> Chennai - 600 061 >>>>> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >>>>> www.careearthtrust.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Care Earth Trust >> #15, second main road, >> Thillai ganga nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> >
