Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Solanaceae | Genus: Solanum | Species: Solanum torvum Swartz.( वनकटैया ) |
Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Solanum rudepannum Dunal. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Bhankatiya, Bhurat | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Turkey Berry, Susumber | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Bhankatiya | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a berry, yellow, smooth, glabrous; seeds discoid. |
| Habitat | Open exposed places, edges of miscellaneous forests. | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Native of the Caribbean and naturalized in tropical regions | Bark Details | Greenish brown in colour with prickles. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Shrubs up to 3 m tall, densely pubescent overall with many-rayed, grayish stellate hairs. Stems with stout, bark smooth with reddish or pale-yellow prickle. Leaves simple, alternate; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, many-branched stellate hairs, base cordate or cuneate, margin sinuate or usually 5-7-lobed, apex acute. Flower many, racemose panicles, andromonoecious. Calyx cup-shaped, pubescence as on pedicel; lobes ovate-lanceolate. Corolla white, rotate, lobes ovate-lanceolate. Fruit a berry, yellow, smooth, glabrous; seeds discoid. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, many-branched stellate hairs, base cordate or cuneate, margin sinuate or usually 5-7-lobed, apex acute |
