Hooghly last week : seems to be Solanum anguivi Lam.

surajit koley

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May 31, 2013, 1:06:18 PM5/31/13

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Bengali name (for S. indicum L. of Bengal Plants, F. B. I. & F. I.) = BYAKUR / BYAKOOR (ব্যাকুর), provided the ID is correct.

for S. indicum L. -

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jun 5, 2013, 10:28:47 AM6/5/13

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This should be S. violaceum

S. anguivi has mostly white flowers, less than 12 mm across, in many-flowered raceme like cymes.

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surajit koley

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Jun 5, 2013, 1:41:18 PM6/5/13

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Sir,

I must have missed some characters. I need to refresh my solanum collection. I will upload more species later.

FoP must have updated their site after your key in - https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/7070VSdNpTs/ewa6R-1k_-YJ

FoC has S. violaceum Ortega - with shiny orange berry, which is similar to S. anguivi Lam. of FoZ.

Flora indica, vol1, p570 informs -

S. indicum Willd. sp. i. 1042 (i don't know it's meaning) - berries erect, round. smooth.... while immature variegated with deeper and lighter green, when ripe with deep orange yellow.

Thank you

Regards,

suraji

Gurcharan Singh

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Jun 5, 2013, 9:49:30 PM6/5/13

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Surajit ji

These threads should help

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Solanum$20indicum$20Gurcharan/indiantreepix/7070VSdNpTs/hWiljeLiSJ4J

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Solanum$20indicum$20Gurcharan/indiantreepix/dSZcm0MK01c/p_liC6fnl4YJ

Gurcharan Singh

surajit koley

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Jun 5, 2013, 10:30:41 PM6/5/13

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Good morning Sir,

This plant is not Solanum anguivi Lam. as per Flora of Zimbabwe and your post & discussion at - https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/dSZcm0MK01c/p_liC6fnl4YJ & https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/7070VSdNpTs/hWiljeLiSJ4J

Also some semi-domesticated form at - http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Sorting/CATALOGUE/Pt1-African-eggplants.html#Solanum-anguivi

Thank you

Regards,

surajit

surajit koley

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Jul 20, 2014, 1:09:10 PM7/20/14

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KEY to Solanum in eFI informs S. violaceum Ortega is an unarmed shrub : 15a > 16b > 19b > 20b !!! This goes against the thread - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/indiantreepix/dSZcm0MK01c/p_liC6fnl4YJ, both on 'arm' and 'flower size'.

Attached here sub-reniform, foveolate seeds of this plant.

Thank you

Regards

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 21, 2014, 7:06:16 PM7/21/14

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Surajit ji

Stem in S. violaceum has curved prickles as per our regular key on the website. I can't now figure out how I added S. kurzii as synonym of S. violaceum. I have removed that now. But then S. kurzii is an East Himalayan species, fruits uploaded by Ritesh ji once as Tita Baingun. Perhaps you can explore it further.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Solanum$20kurzii/indiantreepix/YaHs79rDnIA/Vwy2pP08ULoJ

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surajit koley

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Jul 21, 2014, 10:36:33 PM7/21/14

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Good morning Sir

Thank you for the updated KEY. Interestingly GRIN thinks Solanum kurzii Brace ex Prain is synonym of Solanum violaceum Ortega.

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 21, 2014, 11:54:31 PM7/21/14

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I think I must have followed GRIN in putting S. kurzii as synonym after constructing the key. Perhaps original description of S. kurzii should help.

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surajit koley

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Jul 22, 2014, 12:34:59 PM7/22/14

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Sir,

Found herbarium of Solanum kurzii -

from India - http://sonneratphoto.mnhn.fr/2012/02/17/4/P00049959.jpg (source : http://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/p/item/p00049959)
Thailand - http://sonneratphoto.mnhn.fr/2012/02/17/4/P00049957.jpg (source http://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/p/item/p00049957)
do - http://sonneratphoto.mnhn.fr/2012/02/17/4/P00049958.jpg (source http://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/p/item/p00049958)

Thank you

Regards

surajit koley

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Jul 22, 2014, 12:50:49 PM7/22/14

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Sir,

Also found photo and illustration of Solanum sanitwongsei Craib.

Thank you

Regards

Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 22, 2014, 4:08:40 PM7/22/14

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I looks both synonyms given by GRIN have problem. S. violaceum clearly has curved prickles as indicated in both description of Flora of China

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3450&flora_id=2

Important also that it includes some specimens originally included under S. indicum in earlier Floras.

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surajit koley

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Jul 22, 2014, 10:33:06 PM7/22/14

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Good morning Sir

I have read and re-read FoC description of S. violaceum Ortega many times. Herbarium of S. violaceum clearly shows prickles -

But, ENVIS has purple flowered S. anguivi Lam. http://envis.frlht.org/trade_search.php?txtpart=-&lst_part=-&txttrade=BANAFSHA&lst_trade=KATHELI-BADHI and a herbarium - http://envis.frlht.org/showherbarium.php?d=1938 (source http://envis.frlht.org/digital_herbarium.php?PageNo=6&StartWith=S)

This is confusing, for earlier I thought my plant was closer to S. anguivi Lam. of FoP., even though it doesn't have many flowered racemes. But at the same time my plant neither have 'scorpioid raceme' (?) of S. violaceum of FoC. Of-course 'Prota.org' have different version of Solanum anguivi.

Thank you

Regards

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 23, 2014, 1:02:13 AM7/23/14

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The confusion is justified, as both S. anguivi and S. violaceum have S. indicum as snonym in one form or another, obviously not very different species. Perhaps any recent book which lists both can give a better and conclusive key.

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

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surajit koley

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Jul 23, 2014, 12:20:39 PM7/23/14

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Thank you Sir.

Solanum erianthum D. Don (S. verbascifolium non L.) is another species which was entered, in Hooker, Prain and Haines as S. verbascifolium L. But, S. verbascifolium L. is regarded as S. donianum Walp., by GRIN and FoC.

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jul 23, 2014, 1:03:36 PM7/23/14

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Yes Surajit ji, the plant identified as S. verbascifolium in Indian works is S. erianthum D. Don, as clarified in several threads of of efloraofindia

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089

http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

surajit koley

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Jul 23, 2014, 1:29:51 PM7/23/14

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Yes Sir, I have noted our group site posts. I was thinking what could be Ritesh Ji's plant, which looks somewhat like http://www.ethno-botanik.org/Nutzpflanzen/Solanum_aethiopicum/Afrikanische_Aubergine_Solanum_aethiopicum.html, impossible though!