Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Solanaceae | Genus: Solanum | Species: Solanum surattense Burm. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Solanum jacquini Willd. | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Kateli | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Thorny Nightshade | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kateli, Oonth Kateli, Katali kattaya | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1000m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | A berry, globose, variegated green, ripening yellow. Seeds many, smooth, circular., globose, variegated green, ripening yellow. Seeds many, smooth, circular. |
| Habitat | Commonly found in dry situtations as weed on roadside and wastelands | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Himalaya, south east Asia, Malaysia, Australia, Polynesia. | Bark Details | Dark greenin colour associated with long yellow prickles, are characteristic for this species |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub erect or creeping, sometimes woody at base, up to 70 cm tall, copiously armed with sturdy, needlelike, broad-based prickles. Leaves unequal paired; stalk prickly; leaf blade ovate-oblong, prickly along veins, margin usually 5-9-lobed or pinnately parted, lobes unequal, sinuate, apex acute. Inflorescences elongate racemes; Calyx tube is bell-shaped. Flowers blue-purple, Carolla ovate-deltate, densely pubescent with stellate hairs. Fruit a berry pale yellow. | Leaf Details | Leaves unequal paired; stalk prickly; leaf blade ovate-oblong, prickly along veins, margin usually 5-9-lobed or pinnately parted, lobes unequal, sinuate, apex acute.. |
