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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Solanaceae
|genus=Solanum
|species=crispum
|common_name=Chilean potato vine
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=vine-climber
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|exposure=sun
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|features=evergreen, flowers
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=blue, purple
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'''''Solanum crispum''''' is a species of [[Solanum|nightshade]] that is native to [[Chile]] and [[Peru]]. Common names include '''Chilean Potato Vine''', '''Chilean Nightshade''' '''Chilean Potato Tree''', and '''[[Potato vine|Potato Vine]]'''. It belongs to the same [[genus]] as the [[potato]] (''S. tuberosum''). The flowers resemble potato flowers. ''Solanum crispum'' is a South American, [[perennial plant|perennial]], semi-[[evergreen]], woody-stemmed [[Vine#Climbing plants|climbing plant]] that has blue [[flower]]s 2.5 cm in diameter with a yellow ovary, producing very small poisonous purple [[Berry|berries]] in autumn. The berries start out green, then yellow-orange. The [[leaf|leaves]] are oval.
''S. crispum'' is cultivated as a [[Ornamental plant|garden plant]]. The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Horticultural Society]] gave ''Solanum crispum'' the “Award of Garden Merit”. The plant is fast growing and has a long flowering period, typically from June till the autumn. The plant can start to flower in May carry on till September or even October. The flowers are fragrant.
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Solanum crispum, Ruiz & Pav. An unarmed shrub, or sometimes attaining the size of a small tree, with rather long green flexuous branches puberulous when young, later becoming glabrous: lvs. 3-4 in. long, entire, thin, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, subcordate at the base, acute at the apex, smooth above, the margins somewhat undulate and the nerves prominent on lower surface: corymbs many-fld., corolla pale violet, about 3/4 in. broad and twice as long as the calyx, the lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate: fr. globose, pale yellow, about the size of a pea. In Chile from the central provinces to the Island of Chiloe, also in Peru. B.M. 3795. G.C. III. 30:424.
Solanum crispum, Ruiz & Pav. An unarmed shrub, or sometimes attaining the size of a small tree, with rather long green flexuous branches puberulous when young, later becoming glabrous: lvs. 3-4 in. long, entire, thin, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, subcordate at the base, acute at the apex, smooth above, the margins somewhat undulate and the nerves prominent on lower surface: corymbs many-fld., corolla pale violet, about 3/4 in. broad and twice as long as the calyx, the lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate: fr. globose, pale yellow, about the size of a pea. In Chile from the central provinces to the Island of Chiloe, also in Peru.
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==Cultivation==
''Solanum crispum'' grows well in soils that are moist and well drained. The soil should be neutral or a bit [[Alkali#Alkaline soil|alkaline]], see [[Soil pH]]. The [[University of Cambridge]] considers ''Solanum crispum'' hardy, though others think it should be protected from frost.{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} In areas where the plant is tender planting it against a south or west facing fence or wall is recommended. The plant needs support but can reach {{convert|15|to|20|ft|m|abbr=on|lk=on}}. It grows best in the sun and should be given plenty of sunny space if it is to reach its potential. It can be cut back to keep it within bounds.
===Propagation===
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| species = '''''S. crispum'''''
| binomial = ''Solanum crispum''
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===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
There is a white form known as "album". A popular form is "Solanum crispum Glasnevin", which flowers freely and is hardy.
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==References==
==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
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* [http://www.paghat.com/berries6.html Berries portrait of ''Solanum crispum glasnerium'' Blue Potato Vine] ''(This Web site may underestimate the toxicity of [[Deadly nightshade|Deadly Nightshade]])''
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