Solanum catilliflorum
Solanum catilliflorum
Safety & Hazards
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 catilliflorum is a trailing or climbing shrub with more or less woody, arching-ascending branches to 100cm or more long, commonly forming new roots at the leaf nodes[ 1784 Title Solanum perlongistylum and S. catilliflorum, New Endemic Peruvian Species of Solanum, Section Basarthrum, Are Close Publication Novon 16(2): 161-167 (2006) Author Anderson G.J. et al Publisher Year 2006 ISBN 1055-3177 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. Solanum catilliflorum is a rare species and only known from a limitd number of localities. It is estimated to be 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 1784 Title Solanum perlongistylum and S. catilliflorum, New Endemic Peruvian Species of Solanum, Section Basarthrum, Are Close Publication Novon 16(2): 161-167 (2006) Author Anderson G.J. et al Publisher Year 2006 ISBN 1055-3177 Description ].