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Solanum anguivi

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Name

Identification
Solanum anguivi Lam. [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vorontsova, M., Solanum anguivi Lam. [family SOLANACEAE ] Verified by R.N. Lester,
Related name
  • Solanum wildemanii
  • Solanum aurantiacobaccatum
  • Solanum melongena
  • Solanum ueleensis
  • Solanum ruwenzoriense
  • Solanum olivaceum
  • Solanum anguivi
  • Solanum albiflorum
  • Solanum anomalum
  • Solanum polycarpum
  • Solanum indicum
  • Solanum albidum
  • Solanum richardii
  • Solanum dichroanthum
  • Solanum orthocarpum
  • Solanum flamignii
  • Solanum schroederi
  • Solanum scalare
Common name
  • children’s tomato; children’s potato., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • diakhatu (Hallam) (THE GAMBIA, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • culuta (JDES) n’djekti (JDES) undjekti (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • j (GUINEA-BISSAU, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • mansarin nyateila = the prince who causes blindness (Hallam) sulu jato = hyena’s bitter tomato (Fox; Hallam) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Information

Entry for Solanum anguivi Lamk. [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 5
Names
Solanum anguivi Lamk. [family SOLANACEAE]
Solanum indicum Linn. [family SOLANACEAE]
Common names
English children’s tomato; children’s potato. THE GAMBIA: MANDING-MANDINKA mansarin nyateila = the prince who causes blindness (Hallam) sulu jato = hyena’s bitter tomato (Fox; Hallam) WOLOF diakhatu (Hallam) GUINEA-BISSAU: BALANTA culuta (JDES) n’djekti (JDES) undjekti (JDES) CRIOULO j
Uses
(fruit, seed) Food: general (fruit) Food: special diets (fruit) Food: sauces, condiments, spices, flavourings (fruit-juice) Medicines: pain-killers (root) Medicines: eye treatments (fruit, seed) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (leaf) Medicines: leprosy (leaf, fruit) Phytochemistry: alkaloids Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: weeds, parasites
Products
english: Potato, Children'senglish: Children's potato, Children's tomatoenglish: Tomato, Children's
Description
A very polymorphic aggregate of sub-shrubby plants to 1 m high of innumerable infraspecific taxa, the W African material is generally assigned to S. anguivi Lamk. (11).The plant has armed and unarmed forms. Mende of Sierra Leone consider the former ‘male’
References
References:1. Alasoadura 96 (UIH.11107), UCI. 2. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 165, as S. indicum. 3. Dalziel 723, K. 4. Dalziel, 1937: 433, as S. anomalum Thonn. 5. Deighton 1783, K. 6. Deighton 5469, K. 7. Dennett 33, K. 8. Hallam, 1979: 172, as S. indicum. 9
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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