Solanum juzepczukii
Solanum juzepczukii
Safety & Hazards
The tubers contain glycoalkaloids and must be cooked or frozen before they can be eaten[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. All Solanum species contain greater or lesser quantities of spirosolane alkaloids, including solanine and solanidine. These are bitter tasting and potentially poisonous when consumed frequently[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].
Botanical Description
Solanum juzepczukii is a herbaceous, perennial plant forming a low rosette when young but becoming semi-erect as it grows. The stems are 40 - 80cm long from a tuber-bearing rootstock[ 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. ]. A triploid form of the common potato (Solanum tuberosum), it is cultivated in parts of the Andes for its edible tubers.