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Published In: Prodromus Florae Nepalensis 96. 1825. (Prodr. Fl. Nepal.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Contributor Text: YASIN J. NASIR
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: Mostly throughout the year.
Type: Type: Hab. in Nepalaie, Wallich (BM).
Distribution: Distribution: S. Asia, N. Australia and tropical America.
Comment/Acknowledgements: The species sometimes attains the size of a small tree. Found in the subhimalayan tract and adjacent plains to 1600 m. The dried herbage mixed in water is said to be good for inflammation and burns (Chopra, Gloss. Ind. Med. Pl. p. 230. 1956). In S. India the fruit is used in curries (J. L. Stewart, Punj. Pl. p. 160.1868).
Illustration: Solanum erianthum D. Don (Illustration)
Map Location: B-7 Hazara Dist.: Lora, E. Nasir & M.A. Siddiqi 1570 (RAW) Khota Kabar, H. Jehan 9 (ISL); C-7 Islamabad & Rawalpindi Dist.: Rawal Lake, Y. Nasir &Khan 10471 (RAW); Margalla, Y. Nasir 4499 (RAW); id., Y. Nasir & Rubina Akhtar s.n. (RAW); Nurpur, E. Nasir & M A. Siddiqi 8(RAW); id., M.A. Siddiqi & Y. Nasir 6624(RAW); Nurpur watershed, Y. Nasir & D. Corfield 10445 (RAW); Saidpur, M. Nath 253 (RAW); Tret, 30.5.1928, R. R. Stewart s.n. (RAW); Margalla hills to Gali Shahmurad, M.N. Chaudhri 126 (RAW); above Tret, 3500', Y. Nasir & Nazir 9233 (RAW); Karot M. A. Siddiqi & Y. Nasir 6974 (RAW); Kashmir: C-8 Poonch, 11.1.1953, A.R.Khan s.n. (RAW); Pirkot, Hajira, M. A. Siddiqi 29060 (E); Kohala, Shahzad lqbal & N. Abbasi s.n. (ISL).

 

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An erect shrub from 120-150 cm or more tall. Young shoots and branchlets dense stellate-tomentose with yellowish-white indument. Leaves 8-25 x 4-9.5 cm, elliptic-ovate, acute to acuminate, stellately tomentose, cuneate, under surface (in dried state) lighter coloured. Petiole 20-30 (-40) mm long. Flowers 15-25 in number, in dense terminal and axillary corymbose cymes, white. Peduncle up to 90 mm long, ± stout. Calyx ± cupular, tomentose; lobes c. 3 mm long, acute, slightly enlarged in fruit. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx; limb 14-16 mm broad, lobes 4.5 mm long, acute. Anthers oblong, 4-5 mm long; filaments 1.5 mm long, glabrous. Style glabrous. Ovary glabrescent. Berry globose, 8-10 mm broad, yellow. Seeds ± discoid, minutely reticulate.
 
 
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