Solanum viride Spreng.

Green nightshade (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves are alternate and narrowly oval. The base is rounded and unequal. The leaf stalk is 4 cm long. The flowers occur as 3-10 in a group. They are white with yellow stamens. The fruit are 2 cm across and bright red when ripe. There is a cultivar with larger leaves and fruit.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Cliffs and limestone rock faces (possibly always on limestone), on edges of forest, and in open places at elevations from sea level to 100 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows on cliffs and rock faces. It grows from sea level to 100 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are cooked. The leaves are cooked as a potherb.
Uses medicinal potherb
Edible fruits leaves stems
Therapeutic use Abscess (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Breast (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Filariasis (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Mycosis (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Solanum viride world distribution map, present in Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Tokelau, Tonga, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001032453
COL ID 4Y4QC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446026
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Synonyms

Solanum angustior Solanum anthropophagorum Solanum savaiense Solanum tongaense Solanum viride Solanum macdanielsii Solanum ornans Solanum polynesicum Solanum upolense Solanum uporo Solanum tuamotuense Solanum viride Solanum patameense var. grandifolium Solanum patameense var. parvifolium