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 surattense Burm. F( कटेली ) |
Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Solanum jacquini Willd., Solanum xanthacaroum Schrader & Wendland, Solanum virginianum Linn. | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Kantkari, Kateli | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Yellow Night Shade, The egg plant | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kateli | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a berry yellow, occasionally with green steaks. |
| Habitat | Common; open exposed localities, river beds, roadsides, and edges of fields. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Throughout India, South East Asia and North Australia. | Bark Details | Bark prickled |
| Distribution in Haryana | Kurukshetra, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Rewari, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Decumbent undershrub; often woody at base, stem aculeate with straight, yellow prickles. Leaves oblong in outline, deeply lobed or sinuate, with straight prickles on margins and midrib; irregularly dentate, subacute. Flowers purple or blue, in cymes. Calyx aculeate and hairy. Corolla tube very short; lobes. Ovary hairy, glandular at the upper part. Fruit a berry yellow, occasionally with green steaks. | Leaf Details | Leaves oblong in outline, deeply lobed or sinuate, with straight prickles on margins and midrib; irregularly dentate, subacute. |
