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Baliospermum solanifolium
Montane Baliospermum is a stout, herbaceous undershrub of the spurge family, growing 0.9 to 1.8 m tall from the roots, native to sub-Himalayan and tropical Asian forests. It is a wild plant rather than a common garden subject, and it is grown only in botanical or specialist collections.
Baliospermum solanifolium, synonym Baliospermum montanum, is a plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is commonly known as red physic nut, wild castor, wild croton or wild sultan seed. It is a stout undershrub with numerous flowers.
Compounds isolated from this plant include steroids, triterpenoids, diterpenes, glycosides, saponins, alkaloids, and polyphenols. The stems and leaves had the highest total phenolic content, which can be attributed to the existence of tannins in this plant.
Baliospermum solanifolium is distributed from China to tropical Asia. It is found throughout the sub-Himalayan tracts from Khasi Hills to Kashmir. It is common in Bihar, West Bengal, and Peninsular and Central India.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baliospermum solanifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
