WorldFloraDB - Solanum wendlandii

Characteristics

Prostrate or scandent vine, sometimes high climbing in the canopy; stems green, glabrous, herbaceous with occasional recurved spines. Leaves to 20 cm long and 15 cm broad, entire or deeply 3-7-lobed, usually both on the same plant, the lobes ovate, acuminate apically, the sinuses broadly rounded, bearing large recurved spines on the midrib and petiole; petiole 3-5 cm long. Inflores-cence showy, many-flowered; calyx 5 mm long, lobed to '/2-'/3 the way down; corolla blue-purple, large, 5 cm across, rotate, the lobes very shallow; stamens linear, unequal but appearing equal as the one long anther is bent to meet the tips of the other 4, these 8 mm long, with yellow or purplish tips; ovary glabrous. Fruit not seen.

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An evergreen twining climber. It can climb 7 m high. The leaves are simple or with uneven lobes. The leaves can have small hooked prickles. The flowers rotate. They are star shaped and 5 cm across. They are violet. The petals are fused at the edges and have notches. The fruit are yellow and 10 cm long.

Life form	perennial
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Growth support	climber
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	dioecy
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It needs moderate moisture. It needs an average to fertile, well-drained soil. It does best in full sun. It suits hardiness zones 10-12.

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Usage

CAUTION: The green fruit contain an alkaloid. The young spiny leaves and stems are boiled and eaten as a green.

Uses	environmental use medicinal
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Poison (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants are usually grown from cuttings.

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