Family :
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Solanaceae
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Ovate
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Sub-Cordate
Leaf Margin
Sinuate
Habit : A small armed shrub.
Habitat and Distribution : Along wastelands and roadsides, less in the plains, sometimes cultivated for the fruit. Hills above 700m, Indian Subcontinent.
Indigenous Information : Fruits edible. The seeds removed and cooked with lentils.
Other relevent information : Fruits used in medicine.
Field Tips : Whole plant is coated with a white dust which comes off when touched. LEaf sparsely stellate pubescent above.
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Names:
Irula : Bed sundai
Tamil : Soondai
Flower:
In corymbose, extra axillary cymes, white. Flowering from February-March and August-November.Fruit :
A berry, globose, green, ripening yellow. Seeds many, circular, smooth. Fruting throughout the year.
