Solanum pseudoquina A.St.-hil.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It loses many leaves during the year. It grows 2-10 m tall. The crown is round. The trunk is 20-30 cm across. The fruit are round and yellowish-brown and 15 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.2 - 0.3
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It is in open forest. It is best in fertile, well-drained soils. It needs a sunny position. Once established it can tolerate drought. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level.
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Semideciduous forests, usually in the more open and secondary growth areas; pastures; roadsides; favouring fertile, well-drained soils often rich in clay.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses medicinal wood
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 -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Solanum pseudoquina world distribution map, present in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001030624
COL ID 4Y3V2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyphomandra fragrans Pionandra fragrans Solanum fragrans Solanum marsilianum Solanum pseudoquina Solanum ramosissimum Solanum inaequale Solanum leiophyllum Solanum pseudochina Solanum undatifolium