Solanum aridum

Morong

Najneno

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Roots, Tubers

The tubers are cooked in the ashes.

It is a subtropical plant. It forms colonies in sandy soils. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,500 m above sea level

Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, South America*,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 50 cm tall. It has tuberous roots. The leaves have 3-6 pairs of lobes.

References (3)

Nee, M., et al, 2006, New species of Solanum and Capsicum (Solanaceae) from Bolivia, with clarification of nomenclature in some Bolivian Solanum. Brittonia 58(4) pp. 322-356
Scarpa, G. F., 2009, Wild food plants used by the indigenous peoples of South American Gran Chaco: A general synopsis and intercultural comparison. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 83:90-101
Schmedia-Hirschmann, G., 1994, Plants resources Used by the Ayoreo of the Paraguayan Chaco. Economic Botany Vol. 48. No. 3. pp. 252-258