Tropical Soda-Apple
Solanum viarum
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Kerala, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Solanum viarum
- Genus
- Solanum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Waste places, foothills of degrded Evergreen forests
- Native to
- South America
- Distribution
- Naturalized in Tropics
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
- 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
Typical of the Solanaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Telugu
- కాశీ వంగ, ఔషధ వంగ
- Kannada
- ಕಾಶಿಬದನೆ
About Tropical Soda-Apple
Tropical Soda-Apple (Solanum viarum) is a shrub belonging to the Solanaceae family (Nightshade/Tomato family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate simple leaves, cymose (extra-axillary) flower clusters, berry/capsule fruit. It is typically found in waste places, foothills of degrded evergreen forests. Native to South America, it is distributed across Naturalized in Tropics. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Tropical Soda-Apple belongs to the Solanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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