Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
Solanum giganteum Jacq.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Solanum argenteum B.Heyne ex Wall., nomen nudum |
synonym | Solanum farinaceum Griff. |
synonym | Solanum farinosum Wall. |
synonym | Solanum giganteum var. longifolium Dunal |
synonym | Solanum giganteum var. tenuifolium Dunal |
synonym | Solanum niveum Thunb. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Large shrubs, 1-3.5 m high. Stems and leaves covered with very minute stellate hairs of equal arms; prickles on stems only, small, stout, grouped. Leaves 20-25 x 5-7 cm, elliptic, acute at either ends, entire, membranous; petiole to 5 cm long. Cymes terminal or subterminal; peduncle 4-5 cm long. Flowers densely packed; pedicel 1 cm long, densely white-stellate hairy; corolla blue, hairy outside. Berry 7 x 7 mm, red, glabrous; seeds smooth.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Habit: Shrub/small tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Semi-evergreen, evergreen and moist deciduous forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
South India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Pune, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane
Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta,Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu: Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Theni, Salem
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Siddha
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4759
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4759 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4759
- Solanum niveum Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 41. 1791.
- Solanum giganteum Jacq., Coll. Bot. 4: 125. 1791; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 233. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 937(657). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 278. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 251. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 311. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 318. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 322. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 71. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 464. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 273. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 213. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 351. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 572. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4759
- Solanum niveum Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 41. 1791.
- Solanum giganteum Jacq., Coll. Bot. 4: 125. 1791; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 233. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 937(657). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 278. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 251. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 311. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 318. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 322. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 71. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 464. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 273. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 213. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 351. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 572. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Solanales |
Family | Solanaceae |
Genus | Solanum |
Species | Solanum giganteum Jacq. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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