Solanum americanum
Solanum americanum Mill.
| Ordre | Solanales |
|---|---|
| Famille | Solanaceae |
| Genre | Solanum |
2n = 24
Origine : aire d'origine
sauvage ou cultivé
| Français | ' |
|---|---|
| Anglais | ' |
Résumé des usages
- légume-feuille sauvage
- fruit comestible
- médicinal : feuilles
Description
Noms populaires
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.
Références
Liens
- BHL
- FAO Ecocrop
- Feedipedia
- GRIN
- IPNI
- Mansfeld
- Moerman, Native American Ethnobotany
- Multilingual Plant Name Database
- NewCrop Purdue
- Plant List
- Plants for a future
- PROSEA sur Pl@ntUse
- PROTA sur Pl@ntUse
- Useful Tropical Plants Database
- TAXREF
- Tela Botanica
- Wikipédia
- Wikwio - Adventices de l'Ouest de l'Océan Indien