Solanum coagulans Forssk.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

A shrub. It keeps growing from year to year. It has prickles. The fruit are about 1 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A common weed of cultivated land, grazed ground, roadsides, coastal plans, and savannah; usually on sand, silt or loam, at elevations from sea level to 1,700 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. In Yunnan.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit is used as a vegetable. It is also used to coagulate milk.
Uses animal food food additive medicinal
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Depilatory (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Sexually transmitted diseases (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Solanum coagulans leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)
Solanum coagulans leaf picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Solanum coagulans fruit picture by susan brown (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Solanum coagulans world distribution map, present in Angola, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Cambodia, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Chad, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Yemen

Conservation status

Solanum coagulans threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001027117
COL ID 4XZZ8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Solanum depressum Solanum dubium Solanum thruppii Solanum hedjazense Solanum dubium var. brevipetiolatum Solanum dubium var. denseaculeatum Solanum dubium var. dolichoplocalyx Solanum dubium var. subinerme Solanum ellenbeckii var. oligoplum Solanum dubium var. cisterninum Solanum coagulans