Solanum viarum?-020210-PKA1

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Prashant awale

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Feb 2, 2010, 10:40:55 AM2/2/10
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Dear Friends,
Came across this plant near Ramghal (Helwak region). Its a Solanaceae sp.
Looks like  Solanum viarum?
(i.e. Tropical Soda Apple).

Kindly validate the ID.

Thanks & best wishes
Prashant


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J.M. Garg

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Mar 3, 2010, 11:51:22 PM3/3/10
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Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl.





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Mar 4, 2010, 12:02:24 AM3/4/10
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Dear Prasant ji,
This plant is indeed Solanum viarum Dunal. common name Tropical Soda apple. you will get more information about this plant from the link below...
 
 
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Yazdy Palia

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Mar 4, 2010, 1:45:03 AM3/4/10
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Friends,
I agree with Mr. Tanay Bose. Please go through the link
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Solanum+viarum&burl=http:/http:/www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov&btxt=InvasiveSpeciesInfo.gov
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On 3/4/10, tanay bose <tanay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Prasant ji,
> This plant is indeed Solanum viarum Dunal. common name Tropical Soda apple.
> you will get more information about this plant from the link below...
>
> http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/solanaceaesource/taxonomy/description-detail.jsp?taxa=6185
>
> Beat Regards,
> Tanay
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> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:21 AM, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl.
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>> Date: 2 February 2010 21:10
>> Subject: [efloraofindia:27117] Solanum viarum?-020210-PKA1
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>> Dear Friends,
>> Came across this plant near Ramghal (Helwak region). Its a Solanaceae sp.

>> Looks like *Solanum viarum*?


>> (i.e. Tropical Soda Apple).
>>
>> Kindly validate the ID.
>>
>> Thanks & best wishes
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R. Vijayasankar

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Mar 6, 2010, 2:19:30 PM3/6/10
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Yes, this is Solanum viarum. The unripe fruits used as vegetable, a wild relative of Brinjal.
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tanay bose

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Mar 6, 2010, 10:00:50 PM3/6/10
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Dear Vijaysankar ji,
Thank you very much for further confirmation of the plant as Solanum viarum. Looking for forward for any other speculations.
Regards.
Tanay

Yazdy Palia

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Mar 6, 2010, 11:48:33 PM3/6/10
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Dear Mr. R. Vijayasankar,
The unripe fruit that is normally eaten is Solanum Torvum .I have
never come across anyone eating the immature fruits of Solanum Viarum.
The first is smaller and is green in colour about 12 mm in diameter,
whereas the latter is around 30 mm in diameter is light green with
white design all round. The leaves are very much similar.
Kindly go through the link given below.
http://www.keralaayurvedics.com/leaves-and-vegetables/chunda-solanum-torvum-vegetables-of-kerala.html
Regards
Yazdy Palia.

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R. Vijayasankar

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Mar 10, 2010, 2:10:49 PM3/10/10
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I agree with you Yazdy ji, S. torvum is commonly used as vegetable (Chundai / Sundai kai in Tamil). But it is also fact that the unripe fruits of S. viarum (= S. khasianum var. chatterjeeanum http://www.jstor.org/pss/4110004) also used as vegetable as i mentioned earlier. My colleague Dr.Ravikumar had the opportunity to taste this which was offered by Malayali tribes in TN during a bot. survey. 
 
The picture in question is surely not S. torvum as you know.

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