Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Solanum erianthum D.Don

Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: Solanum erianthum D.Don( बन तम्बाखू )

Habit

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Bark

Synonym Flower Color White
Common Name Bantambakhu Flower Type Solitary
English / Trade Name Potato – tra Flowering Period Jan-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name Ban – tambakhu Fruiting Period Jan-Dec
Altitude Up to 1400 m Fruit Type Berry
Habit Shrub Fruit Details Berries green or yellow, about 1 cm across, globose; seeds brown dotted, compressed.
Habitat Common; roadsides, open places, edges of forests. Bark Type Smooth
Distribution Almost throughout India; Sri Lanka, Malaya, N. Australia and America. Bark Details
Distribution in Haryana Yamuna Nagar Origin Native
    Leaf Type Simple
    Leaf Arrangement Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
    Leaf Shape Ovate
Description of Species Perennial, unarmed, woolly – tomentose shrubs. Leaves ovate or elliptic – lanceolate, entire, acute or acuminate, velvety pubescent above, woolly tomentose beneath, base usually acute ro rounded. Flowers white, about 1 cm long, in subterminal clustered, woolly, dichotomous – corymbose cymes. Calyx densely stellate – tomentose, enlarged in fruits. Corolla white, hairy outside; lobes ovate – lanceolate, acute. Berries green or yellow, about 1 cm across, globose; seeds brown dotted, compressed. Leaf Details Leaves ovate or elliptic – lanceolate, entire, acute or acuminate, velvety pubescent above, woolly tomentose beneath, base usually acute ro rounded.
 

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