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Solanum suaveolens

Botanic Family

Solanaceae

Author

Kunth & C.B. Bouché

Common Names

• Papa de Zorro (Peru)
• Tomate de Hoja de Venado

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• forests
• grasslands
• coastal
• secondary forest
• riverside
• thickets
• cultivated areas
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Jun

Annual or perennial herbaceous strigose shrub or vine with angular stems. Imparipinnate hairy or glabrescent strigose leaves to 270mm long with 7-13 leaflets. Terminal racemes to 90mm long of 10 or more scented white or yellowish flowers to 11mm diameter, calyx to 5mm long, corolla 13mm diameter with strigose lobes 1mm long. Glabrous berry 20mm x 17mm, greenish longitudinally striped dark purplish green. Tuberous root,

Edible fruit & young leaves

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• FOPE
• Standley