Kantakari (Species 1)
Common Names
Ringani (Marathi)
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Taxonomy
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TAXON
Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad.
FAMILY
Solanaceae Juss.
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
TRIBE
Solanoideae
GENUS
Solanum L.
SPECIES
xanthocarpum Schrad. H. A. Schrader & J. C. Wendland, Sert. hannov. 1:8. 1795
Plant Description
Prostrate, diffuse prickly herb; prickles up to 15 mm long, yellow. Stem and branches glabrous to stellate pubescent. Leaves 30-80 x 25-50 mm, elliptic-oblong, sinuate to deeply lobed, dark-green above; lobes unequal, obtuse or acute, often toothed or lobulate. Flowers 2-4, purple; on peduncled cymes. Peduncle 10-20 mm long. Calyx lobes 5 mm long, acute, prickly. Corolla limb 2-2.8 cm broad; lobes 10-12 mm long, ovate-triangular. Anthers 7.5 mm long, elongated. Berry globose, 15-20 mm broad. Seeds discoid, smooth to faintly reticulate.
Flowering Period: Mostly throughout the year.
