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Solanum violaceum ssp. multiflorum
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Solanum violaceum Ortega ssp. multiflorum (Clarke) Matthew, Kew Bull. 46: 545. 1991.
Solanum indicum var. multiflorum Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 235. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 938(658). 1923; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 193. 1988.
Solanum anguivi Lam. var. multiflora (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Chithra in Henry et al., Fl. Tamil Nadu 2: 115. 1987; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 318. 1990; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 71. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 273. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 212. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheruchunda, Cheruvazhuthana, Nilavalutina
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Description:
Erect woody herbs; stems prickled; prickles stout, broaden towards the base. Leaves to 15 x 12 cm, shallowly lobed, densely stellate hairy; petiole 3 cm long. Raceme 12-25-flowered, very shortly peduncled. Flowers blue, densely packed; pedicels 1.2 cm long, curved; corolla 22 mm across, glabrous or hairy. Berry 8 mm across, orange-red, smooth.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Wayanad, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
Thekkady, Kalvarimala, Parambikulam, Aruvikad, Silent Valley R. F., Damsite, Pathenthode, Kanthaloor forests
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