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North America distribution zone

Height

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Ecology

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Solanum circinatum Bohs

Solanaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)

SC SE

S[M]

hel hyg

dr (bark of lower stems used as vermifugal tea, bruised leaves are applied to inflamed wounds, cooked leaves are drunk for heart attacks and headache, infusion of leaves used to cure erysipelas, the leaves are mashed in water to treat cuts and sores) fd (fruits eaten raw, sweetened and made into preserves or juices or candied in syrup) fr ma (juice of fruits and leaves used to paint designs on pottery, leaves used to dye pots black)

Cyphomandra artocarpophylla H.J.P.Winkl. Cyphomandra costaricensis Donn.Sm. Cyphomandra dendroidea Pittier Cyphomandra dolichorhachis Bitter Cyphomandra hartwegii (Miers) Walp. Cyphomandra hartwegii (Miers) Walp. ssp. hartwegii Cyphomandra heterophylla Donn.Sm. non Taub. Cyphomandra holtonii Hochr. Cyphomandra mollicella Standl. Cyphomandra naranjilla Pittier Cyphomandra splendens Dunal Pionandra hartwegii Miers

circinate nightshade

morelle circinée

contra gallinazo (Panama); fruta de agua (Honduras); monca prieto, monka prieto (Panama); naranjilla (Colombia); pepinillo (Costa Rica); regalgar, reventadera (Colombia); sandillo (Costa Rica); tomate de Indio (Colombia); tomate de montaña, tomate de monte (Ecuador); tomate del monte (Colombia); tomate silvestre (Ecuador); tonga, tsutsucuru, venenillo (Colombia); zopilote (Costa Rica)

dwergtafrabon (Suriname); irayo panga, irayuyo, irayuyu (quichua, Ecuador); kó pi (secoya, Ecuador); maluside (Ecuador); tigriston (Suriname)

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Latin name	Solanum circinatum Bohs
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	dr (bark of lower stems used as vermifugal tea, bruised leaves are applied to inflamed wounds, cooked leaves are drunk for heart attacks and headache, infusion of leaves used to cure erysipelas, the leaves are mashed in water to treat cuts and sores) fd (fruits eaten raw, sweetened and made into preserves or juices or candied in syrup) fr ma (juice of fruits and leaves used to paint designs on pottery, leaves used to dye pots black)
Synonym	Cyphomandra artocarpophylla H.J.P.Winkl. Cyphomandra costaricensis Donn.Sm. Cyphomandra dendroidea Pittier Cyphomandra dolichorhachis Bitter Cyphomandra hartwegii (Miers) Walp. Cyphomandra hartwegii (Miers) Walp. ssp. hartwegii Cyphomandra heterophylla Donn.Sm. non Taub. Cyphomandra holtonii Hochr. Cyphomandra mollicella Standl. Cyphomandra naranjilla Pittier Cyphomandra splendens Dunal Pionandra hartwegii Miers
English name	circinate nightshade
French name	morelle circinée
Spanish name	contra gallinazo (Panama); fruta de agua (Honduras); monca prieto, monka prieto (Panama); naranjilla (Colombia); pepinillo (Costa Rica); regalgar, reventadera (Colombia); sandillo (Costa Rica); tomate de Indio (Colombia); tomate de montaña, tomate de monte (Ecuador); tomate del monte (Colombia); tomate silvestre (Ecuador); tonga, tsutsucuru, venenillo (Colombia); zopilote (Costa Rica)
Other name	dwergtafrabon (Suriname); irayo panga, irayuyo, irayuyu (quichua, Ecuador); kó pi (secoya, Ecuador); maluside (Ecuador); tigriston (Suriname)
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