Solanum amygdalifolium Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

A creeper. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 5 m tall. The leaves are long and narrow and taper towards the tip. The flowers are blue.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 700 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity light
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Flower

Solanum amygdalifolium flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Solanum amygdalifolium flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Solanum amygdalifolium world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001025902
COL ID 4XZGX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Solanum amygdalifolium Solanum brittonianum Solanum handelianum Solanum heterandrum Solanum persicifolium Solanum angustifolium var. macrophyllum