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 viarum Dunal ( कटैया ) |
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Flower |
Fruit |
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| Synonym | Solanum chloranthum DC., Solanum khasianum var. chatterjeeanum Sengupta | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Kataiya | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Tropical soda apple | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kataiya | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1200 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a Berry, pale – yellow, streaked with green, globose; seeds compressed, somewhat warty. |
| Habitat | Waste places, margins of crop fields and forest clearings. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native of Brazil, naturalized in N.W. sub Himalayan tracts and palaeotropics. | Bark Details | Smooth, green with short, distinctly recurved or straight 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 | Annual – perennial, erect or diffused, shrubs, with short, distinctly recurved or straight prickles. Leaves broadly ovate – cordate, cordate at base, sinuate – lobed, sparsely prickly on both sides; lobes ovate, rounded or triangular. Flowers white, in few flowered corymbose cymes. calyx green; corolla tube short, lobes ovate – lanceolate, acute. Ovary glandular hairy. Fruit a Berry, pale – yellow, streaked with green, globose; seeds compressed, somewhat warty. | Leaf Details | Leaves broadly ovate – cordate, cordate at base, sinuate – lobed, sparsely prickly on both sides; lobes ovate, rounded or triangular. |
