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|common_name=Chilean potato vine

|common_name=Chilean potato vine

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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.

| name = ''Solanum crispum''

 

| common_names = Potato vine

''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.

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.

==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==

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''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===

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==Species==

 

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==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==

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- 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  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

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