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Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Common Name : Silverleaf nightshade
Family : Solanaceae
An erect or subscandent annual herb, up to 1m
high.
Cylindrical, sparingly branched, with a few
scattered reddish prickles, herbaceous except
at the base. Yellow to brown coloured prickles
usually occur on the stem and also the main
veins of the leaves.
Dark green to pale greyish green, petiolate,
lanceolate, obtuse or acute at the tip, rounded
or truncate at the base, with entire or wavy
margin.
The inflorescence is a solitary cyme of 15 - 20
flowers, with long peduncules; flowers bright
blue to purple but sometimes white with
yellow anthers.
Irregularly dehiscent berry, initially spherical,
green (with white patches) and fleshy, drying
and becoming yellow to orange (10-15 mm in
diameter) at maturity.
Smooth, flat, greenish-brown, 2-3 mm in
diameter, closely resembling those of
tomatoes.
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