| Thornless Turkey Berry |
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| Original date | 11/21/15 12:42 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
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| Focal length | 11.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
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Botanical name: Solanum pubescens Family: Solanaceae (Potato family)
Synonyms: Solanum calycinum, Solanum conanthum
Synonyms: Solanum calycinum, Solanum conanthum
Thornless Turkey Berry is an unarmed velvet-hairy
shrub. Leaves are up to 12 x 7 cm, ovate-elliptic to triangular, tip
pointed, base unequally flat, membranous, margins entire to wavy;
leaf-stalk up to 8 cm, velvet-hairy. Flowers are borne in racemes in
leaf-axils; flower-cluster-stalk to 5 cm, velvet-hairy; flower-stalks 2
cm, velvet-hairy. Flowers are blue; sepals 6 mm, lanceshaped,
velvet-hairy; flower tube 5 mm, petals 6 mm, lanceshaped, velvet-hairy;
ovary 1.5 mm, style 1 cm, stigma capitate. The fruits are around 1.2
cm diameter and is more bitter. Matured fruits change in color to
orange. used as green manure for paddy cultivation. Unripe fruits are
slightly crushed in order to remove the seeds and then dried. Dried
fruits are used in cooking. Thornless Turkey Berry is found in
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Flowering: August-December.
Medicinal uses:
Immature fruits are very
bitter to taste, it is consumed just like bitter guard. It helps to
heal bowel complains and joint pains.
Medicinal uses:
Immature fruits are very
bitter to taste, it is consumed just like bitter guard. It helps to
heal bowel complains and joint pains. | Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |
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