Solanum glaucophyllum
Solanum glaucophyllum is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae. It is known as waxyleaf nightshade.[1]
| Solanum glaucophyllum | |
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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. | |
It is an endemic plant of Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
It is usually classified under the section Cyphomandropsis, within the subgenus Bassovia.
It is a rhizomatous plant with a simple stem and shortly branched, 1–2 m tall or more. Leaves simple, ovate, lanceolate, greenish-gray, 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". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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