Solanum viarum

__NOTOC__:"Solanum chloranthum" redirects here. This refers to the name as established by Michel Félix Dunal. Other scientists have applied this taxon to other species; see below." Taxobox
name = Tropical Soda Apple

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = Closeup of flowers
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
ordo = Solanales
familia = Solanaceae
genus = "Solanum"
species = "S. viarum"
binomial = "Solanum viarum"
binomial_authority = Dunal
synonyms =See text

"Solanum viarum", the Tropical Soda Apple, is a perennial shrub native to Brazil and Argentina with a thorny stock and thorny leaves. The fruit is golf ball sized with the coloring of a watermelon. It is sometimes considered an invasive species in the lower eastern coastal states of the United States.

ynonyms

This species has been referred to under some other names, in particular one of which is very ambiguous: [Solanaceae Source (2005)]
* "Solanum chloranthum" DC.:"S. chloranthum" as described by Poeppig based on Otto Sendtner in von Martius is now "S. velutinum":"S. chloranthum" as described by Philipp Salzmann based on Dunal in de Candolle is now "S. agrarium":"S. chloranthum" as described by C.P.J. Sprengel is now "S. arenarium" as described by Otto Sendtner
* "Solanum khasianum" var. "chatterjeeanum" Sengupta & Sengupta:"S. khasianum" proper is now "S. aculeatissimum" as described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin.
* "Solanum viridiflorum" Schltdl.:Not to be confused with "S. acuminatum" var. "viridiflorum", which is now "S. caavurana".

Footnotes

References

* (2006): – [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/solanaceaesource/taxonomy/description-detail.jsp?taxa=6185 "Solanum viarum"] . Version of April 2006. Retrieved 2008-SEP-25.

External links

* [http://www.invasive.org/tsa Tropical Soda Apple Task Force]