Solanum cordatum Forssk.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

A scrambling small shrub. It grows 60 cm tall. It is hairy. It has prickles 5 mm long that are cone shaped and curved. The leaves are 1-3 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They are round to heart shaped. The flowers are in groups of 1-2 in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches. The fruit are berries 5-7 mm across. They are yellow to red.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in dry rocky places up to 1,000 m above sea level in Pakistan.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Cancer (unspecified), Otitis (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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 -

Distribution

Solanum cordatum world distribution map, present in Djibouti, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen

Conservation status

Solanum cordatum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001027234
COL ID 6YTD5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Solanum darassumense Solanum sabaeorum Solanum gracilipes Solanum nummulifolium Solanum nummulifolium Solanum obbiadense Solanum obbiadense Solanum pronum Solanum cordatum