Indian Nightshade
Solanum indicum
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- May-February
How to identify Indian Nightshade
Identify Indian Nightshade 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: May-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Solanaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Indian Nightshade.
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.
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Indian Nightshade belongs to the Solanaceae family.
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