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Solanum barbeyanum

Botanic Family

Solanaceae

Author

Huber

Common Names

• Casha Huasca Muyu (Quichua)
• Tome Meňika (Huaorani)
• Amor de Suegra (Ecuador)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Paraguay
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed forest
• primary or secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Aug
• Nov
• Dec

High-climbing herbaceous glabrous liana, sub-shrub, tree or shrub with recurved spines, pungent odour, imparipinnate or pseudo-pinnate foliage, leaves to 370mm long, 4-5 pairs leaflets to 170mm x 70mm with some spines. Leaf-opposed inflorescence of 10-15 flowers, white, greenish or yellow flowers 10mm long, calyx 5mm diameter with 5 lobes to 11mm x 2mm, 40mm orange fruit, turning black?

Medicinal uses, edible fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• FP