Solanum furcatum Dunal

Forked nightshade (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

Straggling perennial herb with stems to 1 m long, green or purplish-green, sparsely pubescent with minute simple hairs; prickles absent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate; lamina 3–10 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, slightly discolorous, entire or shallowly lobed; petiole 1–3 cm long, usually winged in upper part. Inflorescence usually forked, to 24–flowered; peduncle 10–25 mm to first fork; pedicels 1 cm long. Calyx 2–3 mm long; lobes broadly triangular or rounded, 1–1.5 mm long. Corolla stellate, 15–20 mm diam., white with yellow centre. Anthers 2.3–3.3 mm long. Berry globular, 6–9 mm diam., purplish-black. Seeds 2 mm long, light brown. Stone-cell granules to 1.2 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 4-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
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°) 15 - 25
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Solanum furcatum world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Chile, Ecuador, New Zealand, Peru, Uruguay, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:821751-1
WFO ID wfo-0001028050
COL ID 4Y2HW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Solanum andinum Solanum bridgesii Solanum deltoideum Solanum furcatum Solanum masafueranum Solanum monttianum Solanum rancaguense Solanum rancaguinum Solanum subandinum Witheringia furcata Solanum caudiculatum Solanum coxii Solanum muricatum Solanum robinsonianum Solanum spretum Solanum tredecimgranum Solanum furcatum var. acutidentatum Solanum furcatum var. furcatum Solanum furcatum var. glabrum Solanum furcatum var. obtusidentatum Solanum furcatum var. pilosum Solanum furcatum var. subintegerrimum Solanum nigrum var. crentatodentatum Solanum nigrum var. stylosum Solanum pterocaulum var. dichotomiflorum