Solanum torvum
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Solanum torvum, also known as pendejera, turkey berry, devil's fig, pea eggplant, platebrush or susumber, is a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant.
Solanum torvum at Kampung Bukit Jagong 20230629 173035
Foliage
Sold at morning markets in Malaysia
Dried turkey berry
Rootstock
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A rootstock is part of a plant, often an underground part, from which new above-ground growth can be produced. It could also be described as a stem with a well developed root system, to which a bud fr
Solanum torvum
…as pendejera, turkey berry, devil's fig, pea eggplant, platebrush or susumber, is a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant. Grafted plants are very vigorous and tolerate diseases affecting the root system, thus allowing the crop to continue for a second year…
Grafting, 1870, by Winslow Homer—an example of grafting