Kaattu Sundai Kaai / Thornless Turkey Berry
Solanum pubescens
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- July-February
How to identify Kaattu Sundai Kaai
Identify Kaattu Sundai Kaai by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm fruit type: Berry.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Solanaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kaattu Sundai Kaai.
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.
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