Biology:Solanum spirale
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Short description: Species of shrub
| Solanum spirale | |
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| Solanum spirale fruit and leaves | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Solanum |
| Species: | S. spirale
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| Binomial name | |
| Solanum spirale Roxb.
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Solanum spirale is a small fruiting shrub in the family Solanaceae, present in mid-elevation (500 to 1,900 m) paleotropical areas, in Southern China , India , Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia and Australia (Queensland).
It is widely cultivated in dooryard gardens in India, Thailand, and Laos and used for:
- food (cooked young leaves, raw or cooked berries)
- medicine (roots used as a narcotic and diuretic in Assam; bark macerate used as a febrifuge in Laos).
References
- Solanaceae Source (2005): – Solanum spirale. Version of March 2007. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- Solanum spirale entry @ Flora of China database.
- "Solanum spirale Roxb.". Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2904378.
Wikidata ☰ Q7555790 entry
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