Barhanta / Common Indian Nightshade
Solanum anguivi
Also known as African Egg-Plant
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Barhanta
Identify Barhanta by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Solanaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Barhanta.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Solanum anguivi
- Genus
- Solanum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Malay Peninsula, Philippines, Taiwan, China, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, America
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Assam, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Meghalaya, Tripura, West Bengal, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Solanaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Solanaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Barhanta
- Nepali
- थुलो विहिन Thoolo Bihin
- Malayalam
- Cheruchunda, Putharichunda
- Marathi
- Amb-keli
About Barhanta
Common Indian Nightshade (Solanum anguivi) is a low shrub in the Solanaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh and 14 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Barhanta belongs to the Solanaceae family.
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