Solanum vernei Bitter & Wittm.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 40-150 cm tall. The leaves are 9-29 cm long by 8-17 cm wide and have leaflets. The flowers are purple. It has a tubers about 4-5 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows between 2,200-3,600 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

The tubers are bitter.
Uses gene source
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Solanum vernei world distribution map, present in Argentina

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001032337
COL ID 4Y4NR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Solanum ballsii Solanum vernei subsp. ballsii Solanum vernei subsp. ballsii Solanum vernei