Solanum stramoniifolium inerme
Solanum stramoniifolium inerme
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 stramoniifolium inerme is an erect or spreading perennial plant with more or less woody stems. It can grow up to 2 metres tall and wide[ 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 very similar plant to Solanum straminifolium, but differening especially in its conspicuously bullate leaves and the degree of armament - whereas Solanum stramonifolium bears strong spines usually on all parts of the stem, branches, leaves etc, in this plant the leaves and twigs, and often the branches themselves, are unarmed[ 1780 Title Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 19 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Cambridge, Mass. Year 1959 - 1962 ISBN Description A botanical Journal published by Harvard University and looking particularly at the traditional uses of plants, this has an interesting articles on the Solanaceae and their cultivation in Colombia ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is only occasionally cultivated for the fruit, but the plant is often found growing abundantly in and around cultivated plots, where it is allowed to grow and even encouraged[ 1780 Title Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 19 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Cambridge, Mass. Year 1959 - 1962 ISBN Description A botanical Journal published by Harvard University and looking particularly at the traditional uses of plants, this has an interesting articles on the Solanaceae and their cultivation in Colombia ].