✿Solanaceae · Solanum
Solanum / Common Snake-Apple
Solanum ferox
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Karnataka & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Solanum ferox
- Genus
- Solanum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Odisha, Assam, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Goa, Delhi, Jharkhand, Manipur, Puducherry, Chandigarh
- 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
- Tamil
- தக்காளி பேரினம், மணத்தக்காளி பேரினம்
- Telugu
- సొలానమ్
- Malayalam
- സൊളാനം, Solanum, ചുണ്ടങ്ങ
About Solanum
A member of the Solanaceae family, Common Snake-apple (Solanum ferox) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Karnataka and 29 other states.
Botanical family
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Solanum belongs to the Solanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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