Solanaceae Week: Solanum for ID_RKC_05042011.

[Ritesh Kumar Choudhary]

Dear all,

Pl help me to identify this Solanum sp.

Locality: Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, 550 m

Date: Feb. 2007.

Local name: Tita baigan

Uses: Eaten as vegetable. Abundantly available in local market. Called as 'Tita' baigan due to its bitter taste.

Notes: Probably I am posting this species for the second time. Earlier I thought this to be as Solanum kurzii but could not confirm because of lack of time and different opinions from different taxonomists. Flowers are purple in color and locally grown for vegetable. Interestingly, S. kurzii is included in the Red data list of plants. I shall try to upload the flowering fotos also.

Regards,
Ritesh.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Ritesh ji

Tita baingan is Solanum kurzii, eaten as vegetable as per this source

http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/3953/1/IJTK%208(2)%20146-153.pdf

But please let us see the twigs and flowers. It would be interesting. Description in Brandis, Indian Trees is very meagre.

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Ritesh ji

Few days back Muthu ji had posted photographs of what he thought S. kurzii. It has much larger fruits. One of the two would be S. kurzii, which we will know only after detailed description from original publication is available.

 In the mean time your fruits look much closer to Solanum diphyllum

https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/878e6398bb44c2f6/44ccd3790d5fb438?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Solanum+kurzii#44ccd3790d5fb438

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[Ritesh Choudhary]

Dear Sir,

Thanks for digging out into the species. Actually, I am also searching
for the original description but not able to find yet. And I am also
not convinced with S. diphyllum sir! Pictures available on net looks
very different.

Regards,
Ritesh.

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“Tita baingan is Solanum kurzii, eaten as vegetable as per this source

http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/3953/1/IJTK%208(2)%20146-153.pdf
But please let us see the twigs and flowers. It would be interesting. Description in Brandis, Indian Trees is very meagre.

--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh”

 

“Few days back Muthu ji had posted photographs of what he thought S. kurzii. It has much larger fruits. One of the two would be S. kurzii, which we will know only after detailed description from original publication is available.

 In the mean time your fruits look much closer to Solanum diphyllum

https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/878e6398bb44c2f6/44ccd3790d5fb438?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Solanum+kurzii#44ccd3790d5fb438

--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh”

 

“Thanks for digging out into the species. Actually, I am also searching for the original description but not able to find yet. And I am also not convinced with S. diphyllum sir! Pictures available on net looks very different.

Regards,
Ritesh.”

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[J.M. Garg]

Another thread (https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/61a1ecefdac39c80?hl=en#) with the following feedback:

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“*Tita baingan is Solanum kurzii*, eaten as vegetable as per this source
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/3953/1/IJTK%208(2)%201...

But please let us see the twigs and flowers. It would be interesting. Description in Brandis, Indian Trees is very meagre.
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh”

“Few days back Muthu ji had posted photographs of what he thought S. kurzii. It has much larger fruits. One of the two would be S. kurzii, which we will know only after detailed description from original publication is available.  In the mean time *your fruits look much closer to Solanum diphyllum*
https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/87... --
Dr. Gurcharan Singh”

“Thanks for digging out into the species. Actually, I am also searching for the original description but not able to find yet. And I am also *not convinced with S. diphyllum* sir! Pictures available on net looks very different. Regards,
Ritesh.”

 

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[Ritesh Kumar Choudhary]

I think this is Solanum aethiopicum L. Here are more details from wiki: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_aethiopicum

Requesting Gurcharan sir and other experts to confirm.

Regards,

Ritesh.