Kaattu Sundai Kaai / Thornless Turkey Berry
Solanum pubescens
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- July-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Solanum pubescens
- Genus
- Solanum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Dry decisuous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-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
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“It is very closely related to the Turkey berry (Solanum torvum).” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kaattu Sundai Kaai itself; the rest are typical of the Solanaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Kaattu sundai kaai
- Kannada
- ಸೊಂಡೆ Sonde, ಹುಚ್ಚುಸೊಂಡೆ Hucchu sonde, ಸವುಡಂಗಿ Savudangi
- Malayalam
- ചെരിആചുന്ഡാ Cheriachunda
About Kaattu Sundai Kaai
Thornless Turkey Berry (Solanum pubescens) belongs to the Solanaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and 2 other states. It grows in dry decisuous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to February.
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Kaattu Sundai Kaai belongs to the Solanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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