Solanum for ID : Kenya : 010711 : AK-3

[Aarti S. Khale]

Taken at Nairobi,Kenya on the 30th of Jan, 2009.
A cultivated plant....flowers look like Brinjal.
Height was 5-6 meters,unusually very high for normal Brinjal.
Fruits can be seen....both unripe and ripe.
Kindly id.
Regards,
Aarti

[Gurcharan Singh]

Resurfacing again for ID

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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

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[Madhuri Raut]

I think it  looks similar to  "Solanum elaeagnifolium" 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_elaeagnifolium 

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Bhagyashri ji,

Thanks for a possible id.

Regards,

Aarti

[J.M. Garg]

From another thread:

"I think this is Solanum violaceum Orteg."

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[surajit koley]

As per FoC the height of S. violaceum Ortega is 0.5 to 2 m.

The species here is more than twice as big and it is cultivated and comes from Africa. Why they would cultivate S. violaceum when they have their own S. anguivi Lam.?

Thank you

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[Vijayasankar]

Nice pictures Aarti ji!

Can this also be Solanum incanum? http://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/image-display.php?species_id=150670&image_id=4

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Surajit Ji, Vijayasankar Ji,

Thanks for your feedback with possible ids.

The leaves do look like Solanum incanum.

Another Species I cam across in Google Images with similar looking leaves is Solanum burchelli.

Also, kindly amend the height of plant to approx 5-6 feet and not as previously mentioned since pictures were taken at eye level. 

Regards,

Aarti

  

[surajit koley]

I didn't mean your species is Solanum anguivi, Aarti Ji. I simply asked why it had to be S. violaceum?

In fact fruits here look rather bigger and cultivated S. anguivi in Africa are now known as S. aethiopicum, I think.

The cultivated forms are very variable in Africa as can be seen in http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Sorting/CATALOGUE/Pt1-African-eggplants.html.

But I am not suggesting that your plant is S. aethiopicum, because I simply do not know which Solanum species are cultivated in Africa and for what purpose, ie. edible or medicinal or ornamental? Without resolving these questions, I think, it is impossible to find the correct ID.

Leaves of Solanum are very variable in many species, that too in cultivation. Why not your plant is S. campylacanthum?

There is a paper on African Solanum, KEY for identification can be found from page 251 onward - http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/705/1/Jaeger86PhD.pdf

Thank you

Regards

surajit

[Aarti S. Khale]

This is the same post in another thread.

Aarti

[J.M. Garg]

Pl. check Solanum incanum

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Thanks Garg Ji.  

Looks close.

Regards,

Aarti 

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding again for ID

Distributed as  Solanum species- Kenya 

Suggested as S. incanum

Group discussion at

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding again for ID

Distributed as  Solanum species- Kenya 

Suggested as S. incanum

Group discussion at

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[Saroj Kasaju]

S.incanum seems to be correct ID.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks Saroj ji

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[Saroj Kasaju]

My pleasure.

Thank you Gurucharan Sir !

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