Research Article | Published: 25 December 2018

Some additions to the Solanaceae of Sirumalai Hills, Southern Eastern Ghats, India

P. Murugan, Ramalingam Kottaimuthu, Chinnamadasamy Kalidass and Pratap Chandra Panda

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 41 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 391-395 | 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2018-7BABJ6 | Cite this article

Abstract

A thorough survey of the members of Solanaceae was carried out in Sirumalai Hills and occurrences of six additional species of Solanaceae hitherto not reported from Sirumalai Hills is reported here. Of these, Solanum americanum Mill. var. odishense Kalidass & P. Murugan turned out to be a new report for the state of Tamil Nadu and Solanum pseudocapsicum L. an addition to Solanaceae of Eastern Ghats. A brief description with photographs and other relevant notes is provided for each species for easy identification.

Keywords

Solanaceae, New Report, Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats

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Murugan, P., Kottaimuthu, R., Kalidass, C. and Panda, P.C., 2018. Some additions to the Solanaceae of Sirumalai Hills, Southern Eastern Ghats, India. Indian Journal of Forestry, 41(4), pp.391-395. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2018-7BABJ6

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Manuscript Published on 25 December 2018

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