Solanaceae FAMILY

Jaltomata procumbens

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

Although providing many well-known foods for people, including the potato, tomato, pepper and aubergine, most plants in the family Solanaceae also contain poisonous alkaloids. Unless there are specific entries with information on edible uses, it would be unwise to ingest any part of this plant^[PFAF].

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual/Perennial

Growth—

Plants are probably not frost hardy, but can be grown in temperate areas as a summer annual, producing fruit in just a couple of months from seed^[1]. Requires a sunny position in a well-drained soil^[1].

Propagation

Seed - usually germinates in 1 - 6 weeks^[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Jaltomata+procumbens>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Trade Winds Fruit — http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm ↩︎The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals.
[2]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.
[PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎