✿Solanaceae · Solanum
Barhanta / Common Indian Nightshade
Solanum anguivi
Also known as African Egg-Plant
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
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.
Botanical family
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Barhanta belongs to the Solanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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