Solanum glaucophyllum
Solanum glaucophyllum is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae. It is known as waxyleaf nightshade.[2] It is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Solanaceae |
Genus: | Solanum |
Species: | S. glaucophyllum |
Binomial name | |
Solanum glaucophyllum Desf. | |
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It is usually classified under the section Cyphomandropsis, within the subgenus Bassovia.
It is a rhizomatous plant with a simple stem and shortly branched, growing to 1–2 m tall or more. The leaves are simple, ovate, lanceolate, greenish-gray, and the plant produces 1–2 cm long, bluish purple flowers. The fruit is a globose berry 1–2 cm in diameter, blue-black, and features several seeds inside. It propagates vegetatively by gemmiferous roots of high regeneration capacity in water-saturated soils like edges of lakes.
Its consumption by ruminants produces an illness on them.
References
- "Solanum glaucophyllum Desf". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- "Solanum glaucophyllum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 17 November 2015.