Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : soldu
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Solanum littoral Raab.
Classification: Solanaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: bittersweet
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Bittersüß ; ES : dulcamara ; FR : douce-amère ; IT : morella rampicante ; PT : doce-amarga ; EN : bittersweet ;
Biological type: Perennial
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- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, acute at the apex, sessile.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, margins entire.
- Height: 100-200 cm. Small tree glabrous or pubescent.
- Stem erect with herbaceous branches, somewhat scrambling, terete.
- Leaves ovate, apex acuminate, often cordate at base, entire. Upper leaves entire or 3-lobed, with 2 shorter lateral segments.
- Flowers purple or white, large, in umbellate forked and many-flowered cymes, long-stalked; calyx green, small, short-lobed; corolla with revolute lobes with 2 basal green blotches; yellow anthers.
- Fruits : red and ovoid berry.
- Plant ornamental with horticultural varieties. The bark is bitter and the wood is sweet. Stems are sudorific and their decoction is depurative; leaves are used for resolutive cataplasms and as a tranquilliser. Poisonous plant because of the existence of a toxic alkaloid: solanin.
- Biological type: perennial.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
Present
Rare
