Solanum centrale
Solanum centrale
Safety & Hazards
The unripe fruit is toxic[ 681 Title Australian Native Food Industry Limited Publication Author Website http://www.anfil.org.au/index.php/flavour-of-the-month/ Publisher Year ISBN Description Information on a small number of Australian plants believed to have the potential for commercial growth. ]. Although providing many well-known foods for people, including the potato, tomato, pepper and aubergine, most species in this genus also contain toxic alkaloids. Whilst these alkaloids can make the plant useful in treaing a range of medical conditions, they can also cause problems such as nausea, vomiting, salivation, drowsiness, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, weakness and respiratory depression[ 293 Title Poisonous Plants of North Carolina Publication Author Website http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/poison.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent concise but comprehensive guide to toxic plants that grow in N. Carolina. It lists even those plants that are of very low toxicity, including several well-known food plants such as carrots and potatoes. ]. Unless there are specific entries with information on edible uses, it would be unwise to ingest any part of this plant[ K Title Plants for a Future Author Ken Fern Description Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips. ].
Botanical Description
Solanum centrale is an erect to sprawling, spiny herbaceous perennial plant, producing stems usually 20 - 40cm long, but sometimes up to 100cm long, from a perennial rootstock. The stems can become more or less woody[ 285 Title Florabase Publication Author Website https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database of Western Australian plants , 435 Title Solanaceae Source Publication Author Website http://solanaceaesource.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Incredible detail on all the species in Solanum (now also including the Tomatoes which were formerly in Lycopersicon). The site will eventually include all other Genera within the Solanaceae. ]. The plant often forms suckers[ 681 Title Australian Native Food Industry Limited Publication Author Website http://www.anfil.org.au/index.php/flavour-of-the-month/ Publisher Year ISBN Description Information on a small number of Australian plants believed to have the potential for commercial growth. ]. The fruits are harvested from the wild for local use and for use in cosmetics. One of the most delicious and popular of the Australian wild fruits, they are being cultivated on a small scale in Australia for marketing as 'bush tucker'[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. , 681 Title Australian Native Food Industry Limited Publication Author Website http://www.anfil.org.au/index.php/flavour-of-the-month/ Publisher Year ISBN Description Information on a small number of Australian plants believed to have the potential for commercial growth. ].