Solanum incanum L.

Nightshade (en), Aubergine (fr), Marignan (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

A herb or shrub. It grows 120 cm high. The stems and branches are yellow-green. They have prickles up to 8 mm long. These can be straight or curved. The leaves are 4-8 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. They are broadly oval. The flower are purple-blue. The fruit is a round berry. It is 2-3 cm long and yellow. The seeds are 2.5 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Mainly as a weed of cultivation, around old habitations and overgrazed grassland, also extending into forest edges, riverine vegetation, various types of woodland, thickets, littoral scrub, floodplains, stream-banks, from sea level to 2,438 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows between 1-2,350 m above sea level. It needs good light. In Pakistan it grows up to 1,400 m altitude. It can grow in arid places.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The immature fruit and young leaves are cooked and eaten. They are used in pickles. The fruit juice is used as a rennet to curdle milk. The fruit are pounded with red peppers and cola to make a drink.
Uses animal food environmental use food food additive gene source material medicinal poison social use vertebrate poison
Edible fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Abdominal pain (fruit), Antineoplastic agents (fruit), Edema (fruit), Skin diseases (fruit), Abdominal pain (root), Abortifacient agents (root), Edema (root), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified), Carcinogenic (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Poison(Arrow) (unspecified), Rennet (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Cystitis (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Chest pain (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), Puerperal disorders (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be cut back and will re-grow.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 26
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Solanum incanum habit picture by bimbi bimbi (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Solanum incanum leaf picture by mafumane moeng (cc-by-sa)
Solanum incanum leaf picture by abdullah alkhathami (cc-by-sa)
Solanum incanum leaf picture by Mayoge Bukapuka (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Solanum incanum flower picture by John Elias (cc-by-sa)
Solanum incanum flower picture by SHASHIDHAR HR (cc-by-sa)
Solanum incanum flower picture by Mayoge Bukapuka (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Solanum incanum fruit picture by Wallace Kanyuira (cc-by-sa)
Solanum incanum fruit picture by rakshith pawar (cc-by-sa)
Solanum incanum fruit picture by F F (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Solanum incanum world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Angola, Anguilla, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Botswana, Central African Republic, Congo, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Kenya, Cambodia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Viet Nam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Solanum incanum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001028558
COL ID 4Y2TL
BDTFX ID 64901
INPN ID 124057
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Solanum incanum Solanum sodomeum Solanum floccosistellatum Solanum sanctum Solanum schoenbrunnense Solanum unguiculatum Solanum coagulans var. ochraceum Solanum incanum subsp. schoanum Solanum incanum var. brevitomentosum Solanum incanum var. integrascens Solanum incanum var. pluribaccatum Solanum incanum var. unguiculatum Solanum incanum var. unguiculatum Solanum melongena var. incanum Solanum pyriforme var. uniflorum Solanum coagulans var. griseum Solanum hierochuntinum var. lanuginosum Solanum melongena var. incanum Solanum incanum