✿Solanaceae · Solanum
Kurti / Red Bitter Berry
Solanum giganteum
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Solanum giganteum
- Genus
- Solanum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen, evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka
- 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
- Marathi
- kurti
About Kurti
A member of the Solanaceae family, Red Bitter Berry (Solanum giganteum) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Karnataka. It grows in semi-evergreen, evergreen and moist deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Kurti belongs to the Solanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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