Solanum hieronymi
O. Kuntze
Najneno, Pocote
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are oval with a heart shaped base and lobes. The flowers are white.
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Edible Uses
The small tubers and roots are cooked in ashes, boiled, or eaten with fish fats.
Traditional Uses
The small tubers are cooked in ashes. They are also eaten with fish fats. They are sometimes boiled.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It forms colonies in sandy soils. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 3,500 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Argentina, Paraguay, South America*,
Also Known As
Jweelie, Meyek, Toti'ami
References (5)
- Arenas, P. and Scarpa, G. F., 2006, Edible wild plants of the Chorote Indians, Gran Chaco, Argentina. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 153 (1): pp 73-85
- Montani, M. C. & Scarpa, G. F., 2016, Recursos vegetales y prácticas alimentarias entre indígenas tapiete del noreste de la provincia de Salta, Argentina. Darwiniana, nueva serie vol.4 no.1 San Isidro jul. 2016
- Polini, G., et al, Useful and edible plants of Paraguay Region of Chaco. p 128
- Scarpa, G. F., 2009, Wild food plants used by the indigenous peoples of South American Gran Chaco: A general synopsis and intercultural comparison. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 83:90-101
- Schmedia-Hirschmann, G., 1994, Plants resources Used by the Ayoreo of the Paraguayan Chaco. Economic Botany Vol. 48. No. 3. pp. 252-258
