{"id":109308,"date":"2026-06-22T13:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=109308"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:54:26","slug":"solanum-pandeyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/solanum-pandeyi\/","title":{"rendered":"Solanum Pandeyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Solanum Pandeyi Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new species of wild brinjal has been discovered from one of the remote islands of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago by a scientist from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and named it as Solanum pandeyi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Solanum Pandeyi<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a species of<\/span><b> wild brinjal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recorded in the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tropical-evergreen-forests\/\" target=\"_blank\">evergreen forest<\/a> of Middle Andaman.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was found growing in the open along the forest edges and was <\/span><b>locally known as wild orange eggplant.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new species is similar to Solanum lasiocarpum <\/span><b>and belongs to the Leptostemonum clade of Solanum.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Uses of Solanum Pandeyi:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was used by an indigenous <\/span><b>Negrito tribe, Great Andamanese, for food and medicinal purposes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most seeds and roots are used to treat tooth infection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Ripe fruit with jaggery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a natural unrefined sugar), chilli, garlic, ginger, and salt are used to make sour-sweet sauce by the Ranchi and Bengali settler community of the island.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts of Botanical Survey of India<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is India\u2019s apex taxonomic and floristic research institution under the <\/span><b>Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>established on 13 February 1890.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Function:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It provides the scientific foundation for plant conservation, documentation, identification and sustainable use of the country\u2019s plant wealth.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/new-species-of-wild-brinjal-discovered-in-the-andamans\/article71129983.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solanum Pandeyi is a species of wild brinjal recorded in the evergreen forest of Middle Andaman. 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