✿Solanaceae · Solanum
Indian Nightshade
Solanum indicum
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- May-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Solanum indicum
- Genus
- Solanum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- 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
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-February
- 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
- Telugu
- సొలానమ్
- Malayalam
- സൊളാനം
About Indian Nightshade
Indian Nightshade (Solanum indicum) is a low shrub in the Solanaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Karnataka and 29 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from May to February.
Botanical family
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Indian Nightshade belongs to the Solanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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