| 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 |
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Leaf Type |
Simple |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) |
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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. |
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