Solanum japonense, a
perennial lianous herb, inhabits forest edges in mountainous regions
with no hairs on stems. Leaves are of alternate phyllotaxis, in the
shape of an ovate-oblong, margins entire; lower leaves are cleft in
3-5 segments. Light purple flowers come in cymous inflorescences
borne from leaf axils; corollas, being cleft in four deep, as large
as 1cm in diameter, the segments bend backward. The fruit is
spherical and matures red. Bloom time: July-September.
Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物
