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 sisymbriifolium Lam.( स्वेतरंगनी ) |
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| Synonym | Solanum sisymbriifolium f. lilacinum Kuntze | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Swetrangani | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Sticky Nightshade, Bitter apple, Dense thorned bitter apple, Wild tomato | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Swetrangani | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a berry subglobose, glabrous, dark red; seeds orbicular to ovate, petted. |
| Habitat | Usually found as roadside plant and near waste deposits | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Native of tropical America, naturalized in Bengal, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand. | Bark Details | Prickly and woody |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Prickly, woody shrub, with simple gland – tipped hairs; prickles long, straight, slender, subulate, yellow or reddish yellow. Leaves oblong, pinnatifid or 2 – pinnatifid, prickly, lobes acute, sinuate – dentate. Peduncles extra axillary and teminal, many flowered. Flowers white or light violet. Clayx 5 – partite, tube inflated in fruit, deeply cupshaped, ultimately reflexed; lobes sparingly armed. Corolla slightly hirsute externally, white or violet. Fruit a berry subglobose, glabrous, dark red; seeds orbicular to ovate, petted. | Leaf Details | Leaves oblong, pinnatifid or 2 – pinnatifid, prickly, lobes acute, sinuate – dentate. Peduncles extra axillary and teminal, many flowered. |
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