Solanum capense
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Description
A prickly shrub. It grows 60 cm tall. The leaves are lobed and 1.5-2.5 cm long by 0.6-2 cm wide. They can be larger. The fruit is a round berry up to 1 cm across.
Edible Uses
The fruit is used to curdle milk.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are used to curdle milk.
This uses section is brief — help expand it
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Namibia, South Africa*, Southern Africa,
Synonyms
Solanum dinteri BitterSolanum dregei DunalSolanum milleri Jacq.Solanum namaquense DammerSolanum shiruschuna Mill.Solanum subbiflorum Ortegaand others
References (3)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 103
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
