Scientific/Botanical Name:
Genus: Solanum
Specie: S. pseudocapsicum
Variety/Cultivar:
English Name:
Common Name:
Jerusalem Cherry, Madeira Winter Cherry
Botanical Family:
Name in Latin: Solanaceae
Name in English: Nightshade Family
The Plant
Origin: Brazil, Uruguay
Growth Habit: shrub, evergreen, upright, spreading
Flower: white, small, star-shaped
Blooming Period: summer
Leaf: dark green, oblong to lanceolate with wavy margins
Usage:
House plant , may be grown out of doors in summer if reasonable
Care and Handling
Soil: general potting
Amount of water: water and mist frequently, keep moist and well drained
Nutrition: feed weekly with liquid fertilizer
Special handling: berries ripen from green to red to yellow. They are poisonous
Special feature/remarks:
Sun to full sun . This family has many poisonous members, but is also a source of many commercial foods, including potato , tomato, eggplant.