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 viarum Dunal 

Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: Solanum viarum Dunal ( कटैया )

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Synonym Solanum chloranthum DC., Solanum khasianum var. chatterjeeanum Sengupta Flower Color White
Common Name Kataiya Flower Type Cyme
English / Trade Name Tropical soda apple Flowering Period Jan-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name Kataiya Fruiting Period Jan-Dec
Altitude Up to 1200 m Fruit Type Capsule
Habit Shrub Fruit Details Fruit a Berry, pale – yellow, streaked with green, globose; seeds compressed, somewhat warty.
Habitat Waste places, margins of crop fields and forest clearings. Bark Type Smooth
Distribution Native of Brazil, naturalized in N.W. sub Himalayan tracts and palaeotropics. Bark Details Smooth, green with short, distinctly recurved or straight prickles.
Distribution in Haryana Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar Origin Exotic
    Leaf Type Simple
    Leaf Arrangement Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
    Leaf Shape Ovate
Description of Species Annual – perennial, erect or diffused, shrubs, with short, distinctly recurved or straight prickles. Leaves broadly ovate – cordate, cordate at base, sinuate – lobed, sparsely prickly on both sides; lobes ovate, rounded or triangular. Flowers white, in few flowered corymbose cymes. calyx green; corolla tube short, lobes ovate – lanceolate, acute. Ovary glandular hairy. Fruit a Berry, pale – yellow, streaked with green, globose; seeds compressed, somewhat warty. Leaf Details Leaves broadly ovate – cordate, cordate at base, sinuate – lobed, sparsely prickly on both sides; lobes ovate, rounded or triangular.
 

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