[efloraofindia:35177] DV :: 15MAY10 - 0346 :: VJBU

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends,
ID please.



Date/Time : May 15, 2010 at 3.46pm IST
Location Place : Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan

Altitude : 13 m
GPS : 18°58'43.61"N, 72°50'7.44"E

Habitat : garden
Type : ...

Plant
Habit : herbaceous shrub
Height : about 1 - 2 ft
Length : - not a climber -

Leaves
Type : simple, margin entire, slightly wavy, almost sessile
... interestingly pair of unequal sized leaves at a node, not opposite, seeming perpendicular to each other.
Shape : the larger leaf elliptic, pointing towards both ends, the smaller leaf obovate, having rounded tip
Size : larger leaf about 8 - 10 cm x 4 - 5 cm; smaller leaf about 4 - 5 cm x 2 - 2.5 cm

Inflorescence
Type : about 4 - 5 flowered cluster, leaf-opposed
Size : ...

Flowers
Size : do not know.
Colour : do not know.
Calyx : looks like persistent
Bracts : - no bracts -

Fruits
Type : a berry ? similar to tomato, brinjal
Shape : almost spherical
Size : about 8 - 12 mm across
Seeds : do not know

Other Info

Fragrance : do not know
Pollinator : do not know
Uses : do not know, ornamental ?

 

Regards.

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Dinesh ji

I think Solanum diphyllum, the twoleafnightshade.

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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/

[tanay bose]

Gurcharan ji right you are !!! this plant is indeed Solanum diphyllum the berries out here are raw hence green on ripening it turns orangish yellow in color.
Tanay

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks for the ID, Gurcharan ji, and Tanay.
Regards.