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Solanum atropurpureum
Also called Malevolence, Purple Devil
Five Minute Plant is a thorny, spreading shrub from Brazil grown for its purple stems and prickles, and for its toxic fruit and foliage. It needs full sun and modest water, and grows in a wide range of soils.
Solanum atropurpureum, commonly known as malevolence, purple devil and the five-minute plant, is a toxic species of herbaceous plant native to Brazil.
The plant can be grown ornamentally, requiring full sun and modest water. The plant is known to grow in a wide variety of soils and can resist temperatures as low as −10 °C (14 °F) for a few days. Seeds can be harvested from the fruits, and stem cuttings can be used to grow the plant in about 10 to 20 days.
S. atropurpureum contains various toxic tropane alkaloids in its fruit, stems, and leaves, and should not be ingested.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Solanum atropurpureum 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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
