Solanum commersonii Poir.

Commerson's nightshade (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 15-30 cm tall. The tubers are 2 cm across. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are 8-12 cm long with 3-7 leaflets. The fruit are oval or cone shape and 3 cm across by 2.5 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In Argentina it grows below 400 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses gene source
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be grown from seeds or tubers.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Solanum commersonii unspecified picture

Distribution

Solanum commersonii world distribution map, present in Brazil

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001027157
COL ID 4XZZZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Solanum acroleucum Solanum commersonii Solanum debile Solanum mercedense Solanum ohrondii Solanum mechonguense Solanum nicaraguense Solanum rionegrinum Solanum sorianum Solanum henryi f. laticalix Solanum henryi f. pubescens Solanum commersonii var. depauperatum Solanum commersonii var. ellipticans Solanum commersonii var. glabratum Solanum commersonii var. indigoticascens Solanum commersonii var. pubescens Solanum commersonii var. raphanistrum Solanum commersonii var. rosulans Solanum tenue var. pubescens Solanum tenue var. raphanifolium Solanum commersonii f. mechonguense Solanum commersonii var. violaceum