玉珊瑚Jerusalem cherry耶路撒冷櫻桃

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玉珊瑚
耶路撒冷櫻桃Jerusalem cherry
茄科

學名：Solanum pseudo-capsicum L

別名:玉珊瑚,珊瑚豆，紅珊瑚，珊瑚櫻，野辣茄,耶路撒冷櫻桃Jerusalem cherry

原產地：歐亞大陸和熱帶及亞熱帶地區,巴西馬得拉島

花期：全年均能開花，但以春季較開，約2至5月左右。

花色：白色

玉珊瑚又叫＂櫻桃椒＂，茄科長綠灌木，因為果實酷似櫻桃而得名。 由於玉珊瑚果實通常在聖誕節時由綠轉紅，故又稱聖誕果！ 珊瑚的植株多直力生長，具有很多分枝。幼體深綠色；老枝灰褐色。葉子矩形，邊緣長有疏鬆的鋸齒。每年７～８月間開花，花色白色。果實為球形的漿果，直徑２ＣＭ左右，９～１２月成熟，成熟時由綠色變為橙紅色，可以長時間地停留在枝條上。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cherry
摘錄
The plant is perennial in zones up to USDA 8. Native to Peru, they can survive frosts and cold weather. They generally live up to 10 years, producing fruit usually in their 2nd or 3rd year, and every year after that. They are congeners of tomatoes and the fruit is extremely similar to cherry tomatoes in taste and texture, and are therefore easily confused with them.

The Jerusalem Cherry's poison is primarily solanocapsine, which is similar to other alkaloids found in their genus, such as solanine and atropine. Although the toxin is poisonous, it is generally not life-threatening. It may cause gastric problems, including vomiting and gastroenteritis as referenced in the obsolete scientific name S. ipecacuanha (roughly "ipecac nightshade").[1]

Jersualem cherries are also highly poisonous to dogs[2], cats[3], and some birds[2] as well. Though Jerusalem Cherry is distributed by certain birds in the wild – both where native and where introduced, e.g. in Australia by the Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina) –, most popular pet birds, namely parrots and relatives, are not immune to its poison.


http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%89% ... A%E7%91%9A

http://web.ncyu.edu.tw/~woodman/f0313.htm
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categ ... docapsicum
http://www.hotspotimage.com/bbs/redirec ... o=lastpost
General poisoning notes
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/ppack.info ... sci&p_x=px

圖檔
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... sicum3.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... psicum.jpg

瑪瑙珠
False Jerusalem Cherry，Winter Cherry
‧學名： Solanum diphyllum L.
Solanum capsicastrum Link.
Solanum capsicatrum Link.

‧科名： 茄科(Solanaceae)茄屬(Solanum)
http://www.hljh.tcc.edu.tw/teach/%E6%A0 ... %8F%A0.htm

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玉珊瑚Jerusalem cherry耶路撒冷櫻桃

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