Solanum douglasii Dunal

Greenspot nightshade (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

A herb or small shrub. It grows up to 2 m tall. The stem is coated with white hairs. The leaves are 9 cm long and can have teeth along the edge. The flowers are like potato flowers and white and yellow. The fruit is a round berry 1 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked and used as greens.
Uses dye medicinal poison
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Eye Medicine (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Flower

Solanum douglasii flower picture by Cynthia Laprocina (cc-by-sa)
Solanum douglasii flower picture by Kyle Ricio (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Solanum douglasii world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001027641
COL ID 4Y2B6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Solanum arizonicum Solanum douglasii Solanum extusviolascens Solanum profundeincisum Solanum umbelliferum var. trachycladum