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Fabiana imbricata

Common name:	Pichi	Family:	Solanaceae
Author:	Ruiz.&Pav.	Botanical references:	200
Synonyms:
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	S. America - Chile.
Habitat:	Not known
Edibility Rating (1-5):	0	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	2

Other Common Names:	From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
	Fabiana [E], Fabianakruid [E], Fabiane [E], Pichi [E,H], Pichi Herb [E], Pichi Pichi [P], Pichikraut [E],
Epithets:	From a Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
	imbricata = overlapping (like roofing tiles);
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Solanales. Potato family
Other Range Info:	From the Ethnobotany Database
	Denmark; France; Germany; La; Netherlands; Spain; Us

Physical Characteristics

An evergreen shrub growing to 2.5m by 2.5m . It is hardy to zone 8. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). We rate it 0/5 for edibility and 2/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It requires moist soil.

Habitats and Possible Locations

Woodland, Sunny Edge, Dappled Shade.

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

Cholagogue; Diuretic; Tonic.

The dried leaves and twigs are cholagogue, a valuable terebinthic diuretic and tonic[4].It is largely used in the treatment of acute urinary bladder catarrh, giving very favourable results where urinary irritation where irritation is caused by gravel[4]. It is contra-indicated where there is organic disease of the kidneys[4].

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

Succeeds in a sunny position in a light well-drained soil[200].
Plants are not very hardy in Britain, growing best in areas that receive little or no frost[200].
The cultivar 'Violacea' is generally faster growing and is somewhat hardier than the type, tolerating temperatures down to about -5°c[200].

Propagation

Seed - sow in a well-drained sandy soil in the greenhouse[200]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Greenwood cuttings, rooted with gentle bottom heat, summer in a cold frame[200].

Cultivars

'Violacea': This form is generally faster growing and somewhat hardier than the type, tolerating temperatures down to about -5°c[200].

Suppliers

For more details of plant suppliers please see our Suppliers Page which lists many more places to look.

Web References

Details of Medicinal Uses, Habitats, etc. in M. Grieve A Modern Herbal (1931) [4]
[H] Details of Scandanavian and European Common names in Henriette's names database
[E] Ethnobotany Data (common names, uses, countries) from the Ethnobotany Database.
[G] Data (Common Names, Uses, Distribution) from the USDA/ARS NPGS's GRIN taxonomic database.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.
[HP] Links, Photos, Suppliers from Hortiplex Plant Database

References for the family Solanaceae.

[CHINA] Data Very detailed botanical/identification info. from the Flora of China.

See the PFAF Links Pages for other sources.

Also try Photos and info from the The Plants Database which has 14,000 images.

References

[4] Grieve. A Modern Herbal. Penguin 1984 ISBN 0-14-046-440-9
Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants.

[200] Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.

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