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SOLVOGrowth form
Shrub
Biological cycle
Perennial
Habitat
Terrestrial
synonym | Solanum agreste Roth |
synonym | Solanum anguivi Hook. |
synonym | Solanum anguivi subsp. multiflorum (Roem. & Schult.) Vajr. |
synonym | Solanum canescens Blume |
synonym | Solanum chinense Dunal |
synonym | Solanum coccineum Hort.Par. |
synonym | Solanum coccineum Hort.Par. ex Dunal |
synonym | Solanum cuneatum Moench |
synonym | Solanum erosum Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. |
synonym | Solanum ferox Jungh. |
synonym | Solanum ferox Jungh. ex Miq. |
synonym | Solanum heynii Roem. & Schult. |
synonym | Solanum himalense Dunal |
synonym | Solanum himalense var. soumbe Dunal |
synonym | Solanum indicum L. |
synonym | Solanum indicum var. recurvatum C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang |
synonym | Solanum lividum Willd. |
synonym | Solanum lividum Willd. ex Dunal |
synonym | Solanum multiflorum Roth ex Roem. & Schult. |
synonym | Solanum nelsonii Zipp. |
synonym | Solanum nelsonii Zipp. ex Span. |
synonym | Solanum nivalemontanum C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang |
synonym | Solanum nivalomontanum C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang |
synonym | Solanum pinnatifidum Roth |
synonym | Solanum pubescens B.Heyne |
synonym | Solanum pubescens B.Heyne ex Walp. |
synonym | Solanum racemosum Noronha |
synonym | Solanum sodomeum Russell ex Nees |
synonym | Solanum vincentii Delile ex Dunal |
synonym | Solanum violaceum f. album C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang |
synonym | Solanum virginianum Russell ex Wall. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Table of distinctive characters of some Solanum species
Species | Growth form | Spines | Hairyness | Leaf shape (simple) | Leaf size | Flower | Fruit | Fruit size |
S. americanum | herbaceous | no | glabrous (weakly pubescent) |
dentate | 6 cm | white, 8 mm | black | 7 mm |
S. seaforthianum | liana | no | glabrous | deeply lobed | 7 cm | blue-purple | red | 10 mm |
S. rugosum | shrub | no | brown yellowish felting | elliptical entire | 20 cm | white yellowish | 10 mm | |
S. mauritianum | shrub | no | tomentose withish pubescence | elliptical entire | 20 cm | purple, 15 mm | yellow | 12 cm |
S. torvum | shrub | every where | greyish tomentum | more or less lobed | 15 cm | white, 15 mm | yellow | 12 mm |
S. violaceum | shrub | yes | greyish tomentum | plus ou moins lobée | 10 cm | purple, 20 mm | orangé | 10 mm |
S. stramoniifolium | arbuste | longues | glabrescent | lobed with strait spines | 25 cm | white | yellow | 20 mm |
S. subinerme | arbuste | oui | stellate hairs | elliptical, few curved spines | violette | red orange |
Attributions | Thomas Le Bourgeois, Marnotte Pascal |
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Origin
Solanum violaceum is native to tropical Asia (China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines).
Worldwide distribution
This species was introduced in Australia,, New Caledonia, Madagascar and in the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues).
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Medicinal: In Bangladesh roots of Solanum violaceum are digestive, carminative, astringent for the intestine, heart tonic, expectorant and aphrodisiac; useful in asthma, cough, catarrh, colic, flatulence, worms, dysuria, toothache and fever. Crushed root is used for nasal sores. The leaf juice mixed with ginger juice is used to stop vomiting. Fruits are considered anthelmintic, laxative and digestive; useful in pruritus, leucoderma and asthma. The fruits are used against intestinal worms. The plant juice is used against the wounds between the toes.
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Solanum%2520violaceum
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Solanales |
Family | Solanaceae |
Genus | Solanum |
Species | Solanum violaceum Ortega |