Jerusalem Cherry

Jerusalem Cherry
Solanum pseudocapsicum
December 21,1997 Sharlene Floam wrote: Hi there! Received a Jerusalem Cherry - know it is poisonous - no animals or little ones near by - would like to know the care it takes?

Jerusalem Cherry Pepper
Botanical Name: Solanum pseudocapsicum
Branches loaded with brightly colored peppers make Jerusalem Cherry a favorite ornamental indoor plant in fall and winter.

Jerusalem Cherry
Scientific Name: Solanum pseudocapsicum L.
Synonym:
Family: Solanaceae ...

Jerusalem cherry or Christmas cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum
Often sold as an ornamental pepper plant, it is actually more closely related to deadly nightshade.

False Jerusalem cherry, Christmas cherry, winter cherry
Solanum capsicastrum
Plants of Home and Garden ...

Solanum (Jerusalem Cherry, Christmas Cherry)
Soleirolia (Helxine)
Sophronitis ...

Variegated False Jerusalem Cherry [English]: Solanum capsicastrum 'Variegatum'
Variegated False Lamium [English]: Lamiastrum galeobdolon 'Variegatum'
variegated Fan Ivy [English]: Hedera helix 'Nena' ...

or purplish star-shaped flowers and decorative usually orange berries; among the better known species are the , or woody nightshade (S. dulcamara), the buffalo bur (S. rostratum), the horse, or bull, nettle (S. carolinense), the Jerusalem cherry (S.

These include buffalobur (Solanum cornutum), the ornamental Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum), and the common white potato (Solanum tuberosum).

capsicum weed, false capsicum, false Jerusalem cherry, Jerusalem cherry, Madeira cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Madeira winter-cherry, Madeira wintercherry, Natal cherry, orange poison berry, winter cherry, winter-cherry
Family
Solanaceae ...

Jerusalem Cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum)
Winter-flowering plants Indoors
African Violet (Saintpaulia)
Busy Lizzie (Impatiens walleriana)
Primula (Primula obconica)
Cineraria (Senecio)
Cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum) ...

Included are important food plants such as potato and eggplant (S. melongena); plants used in herbal medicinal such as nightshade (S. dulcamara); and ornamentals such as paradise flower (S. wendlandii), Jerusalem cherry (S. pseudocapsicum), ...

Poisonous berries are found on holly plants, yews, mistletoe, ivy plants, Jerusalem cherry, bittersweet and crown of thorns. The pearly white berries of mistletoe are particularly toxic.

This area most nearly approximates true sunshine. Directly beneath it is the right place to grow plants which require the most light, such as geraniums, gloxinias, pepper and Jerusalem cherry plants, cacti, and succulents.

Kalanchoe daigremontiana Devil's Backbone
Monstera deliciosa Ceriman, Swiss-cheese plant
Philodendron sp. Heart leaf philodendron, Philodendron
Rhododendron sp. Azalea
Solanum pseudocapsicum Jerusalem Cherry ...

Solanum pseudocapsicum - Jerusalem Cherry, Madeira Winter Cherry, "winter cherry" (including S. capsicastrum)
Solanum pseudogracile Heiser - Glowing Nightshade
Solanum pseudoquina (including S. inaequale Vell.) ...

See also: Cherry, Solanum, Pepper, Potato, Nightshade