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Solanum pitttosporifolium

Botanic Family

Solanaceae

Author

Hemsley

Conservation Status

Least concern

Common Names

• Tai bai ying (Pinyin)
• Yama-horoshi (Japan)
• Hosoba-no-horoshi (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hebei
• Heilongjiang
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Qinghai
• Shaanxi
• Sichan
• Taiwan
• Xinjiang
• Xizang
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Myanmar
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Wasteland
• waterside
• forest
• montane woodland & thickets

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep (China)
• Jul-Oct (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Nov (China)

Climbing glabrous herb with extra-axillary panicles of 4mm dark blue flowers spotted at base, lobes 13mm, fruit a red berry to 8mm diameter. Glabrescent scandent vine with leaves to 80mm x 35mm, sometimes 3-5-lobed, terminal or extra-axillary 10mm purple flowers with a green centre, corolla to 7mm long, 5-cleft, lobes reflexed, fruit a red berry to 10mm diameter

Medicine

Further References

• FOC
• FOJ
• The Plant List 2