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Solanum pedemontanum

Botanic Family

Solanaceae

Author

M. Nee

Common Names

• Limaozinho (Brazil)
• Cocona Del Monte (Ecuador)
• Ayac Mullóca - Bitter Fruit (Peru)
• Chirapahuasca (Peru)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• N. Brazil Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Primary forest
• riverside
• floodplain
• humid forest

Flowering Times

• All year (Ecuador)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Ecuador)

Spiny liana or shrub with glabrescent stems armed with recurved prickles. Leaves to 180mm x 65mm with recurved privkles on the undersides. Extra-axillary inflorescence to 55mm of 5-15 flowers, white flowers, calyx to 3mm long with tube to 3mm long, creamy-white corolla to 20mm x 50mm, tube 2mm long, lobes 20,, x 2.5mm. Bright orange to red berry to 20mm diameter.

Medicinal

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• Brittonia
• The Plant List 2