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Solanum aethiopicum

L. (1756)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum

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Description

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Synonyms (49)

Lycopersicon aethiopicum (L.) Mill. (1768)
Pseudocapsicum torulosum Moench (1794)
Solanum aethiopicum var. aculeatum Dunal (1813)
Solanum aethiopicum var. armatum Bitter (1923)
Solanum aethiopicum var. giorgii (De Wild.) Bitter (1923)
Solanum aethiopicum var. inerme Dunal (1813)
Solanum aethiopicum var. integrifolium (Poir.) (1909)
Solanum aethiopicum var. modicelobatum Bitter (1923)
Solanum aethiopicum var. paaschenianum (H.J.P.Winkl.) Bitter (1923)
Solanum ambrosiacum Vell. (1829)
Solanum aurantiacum Sendtn. (1846)
Solanum brieyi De Wild. (1914)
Solanum elaeagnifolium Willd. ex Steud. (1841)
Solanum elskensii De Wild. (1914)
Solanum geminifolium Thonn. (1827)
Solanum gilo Raddi (1820)
Solanum gilo subsp. megalacanthum Bitter (1923)
Solanum gilo subsp. monteiroi (C.H.Wright) Bitter (1923)
Solanum gilo var. ellipsoideum Bitter (1923)
Solanum gilo var. erectifructum Bitter (1923)
Solanum gilo var. pierreanum (Paill. & Bois) Bitter (1923)
Solanum gilo var. sparseaculeatum Bitter (1923)
Solanum giorgii De Wild. (1914)
Solanum hybridum Jacq. (1773)
Solanum indicum subsp. ambifarium Bitter (1923)
Solanum integrifolium Poir. (1797)
Solanum kupperi (1950)
Solanum lobelii Ten. (1850)
Solanum lusitanicum Dunal (1813)
Solanum melongena var. inerme (Dunal) C.H.Wright (1906)
Solanum monteiroi C.H.Wright (1894)
Solanum naumannii Engl. (1886)
Solanum obtusifolium Willd. (1813)
Solanum olivare Paill. & Bois (1892)
Solanum ovatifolium De Wild. (1922)
Solanum paaschenianum H.J.P.Winkl. (1908)
Solanum pierreanum Paill. & Bois (1890)
Solanum poggei Dammer (1912)
Solanum pseudomelongena
Solanum racemiflorum Dunal (1813)
Solanum scabrum Zuccagni (1806)
Solanum sparsespinosum De Wild. (1914)
Solanum subsessile De Wild. (1914)
Solanum sudanense Hammerst. (1919)
Solanum texanum Ten. (1855)
Solanum willdenowii Roem. & Schult. (1819)
Solanum worsleyi Anon. (1900)
Solanum zuccagnianum Dunal (1813)
Solanum zuccagnianum var. allogonum Dunal (1852)

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Cent. Pl. II 2: 10 (1756)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Solanum aethiopicum Central, Oahu. Wahiawa Botanical Garden Preserved_Specimen Fruit brick red, fls white, 1 cm., the corolla bases yellowish. Grown as ornamental in tin cans Iltis, H.H. 620 Oahu BISH 1967-08-16
2 Solanum aethiopicum Honolulu, from Lincoln School Preserved_Specimen Fr. ornamental, shallowly (5?) lobed, scarlet; probably a thorny plant, if so, thorns have been removed. Kondo, Y. Oahu BISH 1959-04-10
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