Solanum americanum
Solanum americanum Mill.
| Ordre | Solanales |
|---|---|
| Famille | Solanaceae |
| Genre | Solanum |
2n = 24
Origine : Amérique
sauvage ou cultivé
| Français | ' |
|---|---|
| Anglais | ' |
Résumé des usages
- légume-feuille sauvage
- fruit comestible
- médicinal : feuilles
Description
Noms populaires
| français | herbe à calalou, morelle noire |
| créole antillais | agouman, alaman, zèb anmè, zèb a kalalou (TRAMIL) |
| anglais | glossy nightshade |
| espagnol | hierbamora, macuy, quilete (Guatemala), yerba mora (Vénézuéla) (TRAMIL) |
| portugais | erva moura, maria pretinha, pimenta de galinha, erva de bicho (PROTA) |
| swahili | mnavu mchungu (PROTA) |
| Philippines | anti (tagalog), bolagtab (bisaya), kuti (bicol) (PROSEA) |
| Indonésie | leunca (sundanais), ranti (javanais), kampai (PROSEA) |
| Malaysia | ranti, terong meranti, terong perat (PROSEA) |
| Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée | karakap (PROSEA) |
| Thaïlande | mawaeng-nok (sud), ya-tomtok (nord) |
| Vietnam | lu lu dực, thù lù dực (PROSEA) |
| Laos | kh'èèngz namz (PROSEA) |
Classification
Solanum americanum Mill. (1768)
synonyme :
- Solanum nodiflorum Jacq. (1786)
Cultivars
Histoire
Usages
Probably adventive in Africa, Australia, Caribbean Isl., Central America, Europe (rare casual), Hawaii, New Zealand, North America, East, S and SE Asia. Very widespread and highly variable. Widely used as wild vegetable, but sporadically also cultivated, e.g. in Peru, Bolivia, and presumably also in other Latin American countries; also in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mauritius, Seychelles, New Guinea. Leaves boiled and used as spinach or as potherb; fruits eaten raw or in soups, etc., fresh leaves pounded and juice used to cure eye inflammation and other infections. 2n = 2x = 24.
Mansfeld.