Solanum glaucophyllum

Solanum glaucophyllum is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae. It is known as waxyleaf nightshade.^[2] It is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Solanum glaucophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Solanum
Species:	S. glaucophyllum
Binomial name
Solanum glaucophyllum Desf.
Synonyms[1]
List Solanum glaucescens Bacle ex Dunal Solanum glaucum Bertol. Solanum glaucum Dunal Solanum glaucum Rojas Solanum glaucum-fruticosum Larrañaga Solanum malacoxylon Sendtn. Solanum malacoxylon f. albomarginatum (Chodat) Hassl. Solanum malacoxylon var. albomarginatum Chodat Solanum malacoxylon var. angustissimum (Kuntze) Hassl. Solanum malacoxylon var. angustissimum Kuntze Solanum malacoxylon var. genuinum Hassl. Solanum malacoxylon var. latifolium Kuntze Solanum malacoxylon var. subvirescens Hassl. Solanum malacoxylon f. vulgare Hassl.

It is usually classified under the section Cyphomandropsis, within the subgenus Bassovia.

It is a rhizomatous plant with a simple stem and shortly branched, growing to 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) tall or more. The leaves are simple, ovate, lanceolate, greenish-gray, and the plant produces 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) long, bluish purple flowers. The fruit is a globose berry 1–2 cm in diameter, blue-black, and features several seeds inside. It propagates vegetatively by gemmiferous roots of high regeneration capacity in water-saturated soils like edges of lakes.

Its consumption by ruminants produces an illness on them.

References

1. "Solanum glaucophyllum Desf". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Solanum glaucophyllum​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 17 November 2015.