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Solanum giganteum
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: 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.
Solanum niveum Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 41. 1791.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheruchunda
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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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 simple, 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.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen, evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Blue
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Arjunankotta, Pooppara, Pampa, on way to Brahmagiri, Payyavur, Devicolam, Silent Valley R. F., Thalichola
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