Common name
Mandarin: 旋花茄 (xuan hua qie)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Solanales (99)
Family: Solanaceae (51)(family description)
Genus: Solanum (24)
Epithet: spirale Roxb. (1)
Synonym: Solanum apoense Elmer
apoense => from Mount Apo, an active volcano in South-East Mindanao, Philippines
spirale => winding round in a circular form
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Solanum spirale at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1188] Solanum - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
- [1693] Solanum spirale - Flora of China @ efloras.org