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botanical illustration of Naranjillo, Solanum quitoensis

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Naranjillo

Solanum quitoensis

Naranjillo · Apelsininė kiauliauogė · Arancina del Perù · Daboka · Huevo de perro · Kukuch · Lulu-Frucht · Naranjilla · Naranjilla silvestre · Quito-Nachtschatten · Quito-orange · lilek quitský · lulo · morelle de Quito

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Panama(Choco), CD

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Antidote(Hippomane)

Science studied: ASCORBIC-ACID, BETA-CAROTENE, FAT, IRON

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Solanaceae

Scientific name: Solanum quitoensis

Common names: Naranjillo, Apelsininė kiauliauogė, Arancina del Perù, Daboka, Huevo de perro, Kukuch, Lulu-Frucht, Naranjilla, Naranjilla silvestre, Quito-Nachtschatten, Quito-orange, lilek quitský, lulo, morelle de Quito

History

The source record documents this plant in Panama(Choco), CD.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

  • Antidote(Hippomane)

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • Panama(Choco)
  • CD

Documented cultural uses

  • Antidote(Hippomane)

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • ASCORBIC-ACID
  • BETA-CAROTENE
  • FAT
  • IRON
  • KILOCALORIES
  • NIACIN
  • PROTEIN
  • RIBOFLAVIN
  • THIAMIN
  • PHOSPHORUS
  • WATER
  • CARBOHYDRATES
  • FIBER
  • ASH
  • CALCIUM

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

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  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.

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