Solanum spirale

Description

Solanum spirale is a small fruiting shrub in the Solanaceae family, 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).