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Solanum glaucophyllum
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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 contains several seeds. The plant propagates vegetatively by gemmiferous roots of high regeneration capacity in water-saturated soils like edges of lakes.
It is poisonous to ruminants. It is one of the few plants that creates vitamin D.[3]
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