Solanum stramoniifolium
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Solanum stramoniifolium is a species of flowering plant from the genus Solanum.Jacq. In: Misc. 2: 298. (1781).{{citeQ|Q115131950|doi-access=free}} The species was originally described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1781.
Description
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This species is a suffrutescent herb,{{Cite book |last1=Vickers |first1=William T. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20426 |title=Useful plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of eastern Ecuador |last2=Plowman |first2=Timothy |date=1984 |publisher=Field Museum of Natural History |isbn=978-0-00-150746-3 |location=Chicago, Ill}} common in disturbed low-lands of the northern part of South America.{{Cite book |last1=Missouri Botanical Garden. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89028 |title=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden |last2=Garden |first2=Missouri Botanical |last3=Botany |first3=Henry Shaw School of |date=1976 |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden Press |volume=63 |location=St. Louis}} The leaves closely resembles those of Solanum hirtum. It is shrub that can grow up to 2 m in height.WFO (2022): Solanum stramoniifolium Jacq. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001031497. Accessed on: 08 Nov 2022
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.{{Cite journal |last1=Burkart |first1=A. |last2=Schlindwein |first2=Clemens |last3=Lunau |first3=K. |date=2013-10-18 |title=Assessment of pollen reward and pollen availability in Solanum stramoniifolium and Solanum paniculatum for buzz-pollinating carpenter bees |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38926256 |journal=Plant Biology |language=English |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=503–507 |doi=10.1111/PLB.12111 |pmid=24138093}}
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. There has been successful efforts to domesticate the S. stramoniifolium.{{Cite journal |last1=Volpato |first1=Gabriele |last2=Marcucci |first2=Rossella |last3=Tornadore |first3=Noemi |last4=Paoletti |first4=Maurizio G. |date=2004-06-01 |title=Domestication process of two Solanum section lasiocarpa species among Amerindians in the upper orinoco, venezuela, with special focus on Piaroa Indians |url=https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0184:DPOTSS]2.0.CO;2 |journal=Economic Botany |language=en |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=184–194 |doi=10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0184:DPOTSS]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=20355119 |issn=1874-9364}} The yellow/red fruits are suggested to be edible.{{Cite journal |last1=Turner |first1=Nancy J. |last2=Łuczaj |first2=Łukasz Jakub |last3=Migliorini |first3=Paola |last4=Pieroni |first4=Andrea |last5=Dreon |first5=Angelo Leandro |last6=Sacchetti |first6=Linda Enrica |last7=Paoletti |first7=Maurizio G. |date=2011-01-01 |title=Edible and Tended Wild Plants, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Agroecology |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60394875 |journal=Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences |volume=30 |issue=1–2 |pages=198–225 |doi=10.1080/07352689.2011.554492|bibcode=2011CRvPS..30..198T |s2cid=54998916 }}
References
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