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Solanum spirale is a small fruiting shrub in the family Solanaceae, present in mid-elevation (500 to 1,900 m) paleotropical areas, in Southern China, India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia and Australia (Queensland).

Solanum spirale
Solanum spirale fruit and leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Solanum
Species:	S. spirale
Binomial name
Solanum spirale Roxb.

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).

References

• Solanaceae Source (2005): – Solanum spirale. Version of March 2007. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
• Solanum spirale entry @ Flora of China database.
• "Solanum spirale Roxb". Atlas of Living Australia.

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