Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Solanaceae | Genus: Nicandra | Species: Nicandra physalodes (Linn.) Gaertn.( रानपोपटी ) |
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| Synonym | Atropa daturifolia Thore, Boberella nicandra E.H.L. Krause | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Apple of Peru | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Apple of Peru | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Ranpopati | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 2000 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a berry globose, glabrous, enclosed by enlarged, 5 – angled, papery clayx lobes; seeds minute, somewhat discoid, compressed. |
| Habitat | Waste places, nearby crop fields or inhabited localities. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Submontane to montane Himalaya, Kashmir to Sikkim, India; Central America. | Bark Details | Smooth, glaborous, purplish green |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Kurukshetra, Morni-Pinjore, Panipat, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Annual, foetid undershrub, up to 1.5 m high. Leaves ovate – lanceolate, irregularly toothed or lobed, base decurrent, apex obtuse or acute. Flowers sky blue, solitary, axillary, on drooping stalk; calyx 5 – lobed to the base; lobes ovate – lanceolate, auminate; corolla bell – shaped, blue or rarely white. Fruit a berry globose, glabrous, enclosed by enlarged, 5 – angled, papery clayx lobes; seeds minute, somewhat discoid, compressed. | Leaf Details | Leaves ovate – lanceolate, irregularly toothed or lobed, base decurrent, apex obtuse or acute. |
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