Solanum trilobatum (binomen a Carolo Linnaeo anno 1753 statutum) est planta florens generis Solani subgenerisque Leptostemoni. Frutex scandens, ad 2.5 m altus, spinosus, fructus globosos producit diametro 1.2 cm vel usque ad 1.7 cm. Plantae per Indiam australem orientalemque, Srilancam, Thailandiam, Malayam, Cambosiam sponte gignuntur in terris apertis marginibusque silvarum non longe a litoribus distantibus. Fructus edibiles et variis modis medicinales esse ab Indos referuntur; decoctio radicis in Penang in medicinam adhibetur; decoctio plantae in Thailandia contra ulcera gutturis sumitur.
1834 : Christian Godfrey Nees von Esenbeck, "Monograph of the East Indian Solaneae" in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London vol. 17 (1834/1837) p.37 sqq., vide pp. 59-60
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