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Solanum lyratum

Botanic Family

Solanaceae

Author

Thunberg

Common Names

• Bai ying (Pinyin)
• Fijodori Diogo (Japan)
• Hiyodori-jōgo (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• Anhui
• Fujian
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Shandong
• Shanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Grassland
• roadsides
• fields
• hill & montane thickets

Flowering Times

• Jun-Oct (China)
• Aug-Oct (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Nov (China)

Scandent herbaceous villlous perennial vine with trilobed or pinnatifid leaves to 80mm x 40mm, tomentose both surfaces. Axillary, extra-axillary or terminal panicles of 10mm blue-purple or white flowers, 5-cleft corolla to 8mm long, fruit a red or red-black berry to 9mm diameter

Further References

• FOC
• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• FOJ