Solanum spirale

Solanum spirale
	Solanum spirale fruit and leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Solanum
Species:	S. spirale
Binomial name
	Solanum spirale; Roxb.

Solanum spirale is a small fruiting shrub in the family Solanaceae, present in mid-elevation (500 to 1,900 m) paleotropical areas, in Southern China, India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia and Australia (Queensland).

It is widely cultivated in dooryard gardens in India, Thailand, and Laos and used for:

food (cooked young leaves, raw or cooked berries)
medicine (roots used as a narcotic and diuretic in Assam; bark macerate used as a febrifuge in Laos).

References

Solanaceae Source (2005): – Solanum spirale. Version of March 2007. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
Solanum spirale entry @ Flora of China database.
"Solanum spirale Roxb". Atlas of Living Australia.

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