Solanum paniculatum

Taxobox | name = Jurubeba
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Solanales
familia = Solanaceae
genus = "Solanum"
species = "S. paniculatum"
binomial = "Solanum paniculatum"
binomial_authority = L.
synonyms =See text

Jurubeba ("Solanum paniculatum") is a nightshade common in almost all of Brazil. It is used as a medicinal plant and has a bitter taste.

An infusion of its stem and its root in sugar cane alcohol (cachaça) is popularly used as an apéritif or a digestif.

Traditional medicine recommends using a tea as a cardiovascular tonic; for stimulating appetite, liver, and spleen; against digestive problems, and for its diuretic, hypoglycemic, antianemic, febrifugal, and cicatrizant properties. It has also been used for treating infections of the skin, like acne.

ynonyms

Well-known in its native range, this species has been described time and again under different now-invalid names. Some of these are homonyms of other "Solanum" taxa.Solanaceae Source (2008)]

* "Solanum belfort" Vand.
* "Solanum belfortianum" Dunal
* "Solanum botelhianum" Dunal (unjustified emendation)
* "Solanum botelho" Vand.
* "Solanum chloroleucum" Dunal
* "Solanum dictyoticum" Roem. & Schult.
* "Solanum jubeba" Vell.
* "Solanum macronema" Sendtn.
* "Solanum manoelii" Moric.
* "Solanum reticulatum" Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. :"Solanum reticulatum" of de Jussieu from Dunal in de Candolle is "S. vellozianum".:"Solanum reticulatum" of Dunal in Poiret is "S. crotonoides" as described by Lamarck
* "Solanum rothelianum" Steud. ("lapsus")

Two varieties were once recognized, but they are not generally considered valid anmyore:
* "Solanum paniculatum var. ellipticum" Chodat:Not to be confused with "S. ellipticum", described by Brown. The "S. ellipticum" of de Conceição Vellozo refers to "S. cylindricum".
* "Solanum paniculatum var. integrifolium" Dunal:Not to be confused with the "S. integrifolium" of Poiret, which refers to "S. aethiopicum"

Similar nightshade species that were once included with "S. paniculatum" but are now considered distinct are:
* "Solanum pseudoauriculatum" (as f. "flavescens" or ssp. "pseudoauriculatum")
* "Solanum acutilobum" (as var. "acutilobum")
* "Solanum albidum" Dunal (as var. "chulumani")

Footnotes

References

* (2008): [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/solanaceaesource/taxonomy/description-detail.jsp?taxa=4443 "Solanum paniculatum"] . Version of February 2008. Retrieved 2008-SEP-25.