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Solanum opacum A.Braun & C.D.Bouché

Green berry nightshade (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

Sprawling, almost prostrate annual herb to 1 m diam., green, pubescent with minute glandular and simple non-glandular hairs; prickles absent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate; lamina 3–6 cm long, usually 1–2 cm wide, concolorous, usually shallowly lobed; petiole 1–4 cm long. Inflorescence 2–5–flowered; peduncle 15–20 mm long; rachis 2–3 cm long; pedicels 7–10 mm long. Calyx 2–3 mm long; lobes rounded or broadly triangular, to 1 mm long. Corolla stellate, 8–12 mm diam., white. Anthers 1.5–2 mm long. Berry globular, 8–10 mm diam., green when ripe. Seeds 1.8–2.2 mm long, pale fawn tinged with green. Stone-cell granules 0.8 mm diam.
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A herb. It grows each year from seeds or can last for a few years. It is often sprawling or spreading along the ground. It can be 1 m across. The stems are green and hairy. The leaves are alternate and oval or sword shaped. They are 3-7 cm long by 1.4 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 1-4 cm long. The leaves have shallow lobes. The flowers are star shaped and 8-12 mm across. They are in clusters of 2 to 5. The flowers are white. The fruit is a round green berry. It is 8-10 mm across.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Growsin wetter areas along creeks, rainforest clearings and open eucalypt woodland,usually in red earths and shales.
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It is a temperate plant. Tasmania Herbarium.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses food
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Solanum opacum world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Ghana, Niue, New Zealand, Pitcairn, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Taiwan, Province of China, and Samoa

Identifiers

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WFO ID wfo-0001030090
COL ID 4Y3KW
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INPN ID 921601
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Synonyms

Solanum allanii Solanum apopsilomenum Solanum brachypetalum Solanum forsteri Solanum insulae-paschalis Solanum fauriei Solanum microtatanthum Solanum opacum Solanum nigrum var. nihoense Solanum nigrum var. pitcairnense Solanum nodiflorum var. fauriei
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