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Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 185. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Contributor Text: YASIN J. NASIR
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: June-July.
Type: Lectotype: Described from Europe, Hb. Linn. 148/7 (LINN).
Distribution: Distribution: Euro-Siberian element, also N. Africa. The Himalaya from Kashmir to Sikkim.
Comment/Acknowledgements: The purple or woody nightshade is found in parts of Hazara and Kashmir from 1300-2800 m. A variable species as regards leaf shape and pubescence and includes forms with entire leaves (var. indivisum Boiss.) or plants which are ± sub-glabrous (Solanum pseudopersicum Pojark.).

The red berries and young shoots, as in the previous species are said to be medicinal (Dymock, Pharm. Ind. Reprint ed. 2:301. 1972).

Illustration: Solanum dulcamara L. (Illustration)
Map Location: B-7 Hazara Dist: Sidandi, 8000', near Thandiani, R. R. Stewart 27848 (RAW, G); Thandiani, 20.8.1951, E. Nasir s.n. (RAW); near Dunga Gali, 1000', fls. blue, 27.8.49, R. R. Stewart s.n. (RAW); Kashmir: C-8 below Hajipir, 7000', R. R. Stewart & E. Nasir 24062 (RAW, K, BM); Hajipir, R. R. Stewart 14000 (RAW); Lalaban, Uri, 7000', 17.10.55, Jan Mohd. s.n. (RAW); Ledi Gali, 8-9000', Uri, 17.10.55, Jan Mohd. s.n. (RAW).

 

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A scrambling shrub up to 120 cm tall, glabrous to pilose-pubescent. Leaves 3-9 x 1.2-3 cm, ovate, base cordate or 1-4-pinnatipartite. Petiole up to 15 mm long, slender. Peduncle 1-22 (-35) mm long. Flowers violet, 5-10 in number, in extra-axillary paniculate cymes; limb 5-10 mm broad. Calyx ± 2.5 mm long, campanulate; lobes acute, pubescent. Corolla lobes 2-3 mm lonng, recurved, with munutely pubescent tips. Anthers 2.5-4 mm long, yellow; filaments less than 1 mm long, glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Berry flame-red, ± ovoid, 8-10 mm broad. Seeds subangled, ± 2.5 mm broad, minutely reticulate.
 
 
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