Solanum stramoniifolium is a species of flowering plant from the genus Solanum.[1][2] The species was originally described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1781. [1]
Description
Drawing from the original description.
This species is a suffrutescent herb,[3] common in disturbed low-lands of the northern part of South America. [4] The leaves closely resembles those of Solanum hirtum. It is shrub that can grow up to 2 m in height. [5]
Interactions
The plants are frequently visited by bees, which is essential for the pollination of the species. However the plants do not offer nectar, so the bees are attracted by the abundance of pollen [6]
Taxonomy
S. stramoniifolium is part of the genus Solanum, which consists of approximately 2000 species.
Edibility
Many species within the Solanum genus are considered edible. [2] There has been successful efforts to domesticate the S. stramoniifolium. [7] The yellow/red fruits are suggested to be edible [8]
References
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^ a b Jacq. In: Misc. 2: 298. (1781).
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^ a b Cristina Alicia Elizalde-Romero; Luis Aurelio Montoya-Inzunza; Laura Aracely Contreras-Angulo; J. Basilio Heredia; Erick Paul Gutiérrez-Grijalva (25 November 2021). "Solanum Fruits: Phytochemicals, Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability, and Their Relationship With Their Health-Promoting Effects". Frontiers in nutrition. 8. doi:10.3389/FNUT.2021.790582. ISSN 2296-861X. Wikidata Q115131950.
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^ Vickers, William T.; Plowman, Timothy (1984). Useful plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of eastern Ecuador. Chicago, Ill: Field Museum of Natural History. ISBN 978-0-00-150746-3.
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^ Missouri Botanical Garden.; Garden, Missouri Botanical; Botany, Henry Shaw School of (1976). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol. 63. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
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^ WFO (2022): Solanum stramoniifolium Jacq. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001031497. Accessed on: 08 Nov 2022
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^ Burkart, A.; Schlindwein, Clemens; Lunau, K. (2013-10-18). "Assessment of pollen reward and pollen availability in Solanum stramoniifolium and Solanum paniculatum for buzz-pollinating carpenter bees". Plant Biology. 16 (2): 503–507. doi:10.1111/PLB.12111. PMID 24138093.
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^ Volpato, Gabriele; Marcucci, Rossella; Tornadore, Noemi; Paoletti, Maurizio G. (2004-06-01). "Domestication process of two Solanum section lasiocarpa species among Amerindians in the upper orinoco, venezuela, with special focus on Piaroa Indians". Economic Botany. 58 (2): 184–194. doi:10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0184:DPOTSS]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1874-9364. S2CID 20355119.
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^ Turner, Nancy J.; Łuczaj, Łukasz Jakub; Migliorini, Paola; Pieroni, Andrea; Dreon, Angelo Leandro; Sacchetti, Linda Enrica; Paoletti, Maurizio G. (2011-01-01). "Edible and Tended Wild Plants, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Agroecology". Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 30 (1–2): 198–225. doi:10.1080/07352689.2011.554492. S2CID 54998916.
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