Solanum sisymbriifolium
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- "Solanum balbisii", "Solanum decurrens", "Solanum edule", "Solanum formosum" and "Solanum viscosum" redirect here. These all can also refer to other nightshade species; see below.
Solanum sisymbriifolium is commonly known as Sticky Nightshade, the Fire-and-Ice plant, Litchi Tomato, or Morelle de Balbis.
The small edible fruits are red on the outside and yellow inside. It grows inside a husk (like the tomatillo
Tomatillo
The tomatillo is a plant of the nightshade family, related to the cape gooseberry, bearing small, spherical and green or green-purple fruit of the same name. Tomatillos are a staple in Mexican cuisine. Tomatillos are grown as annuals throughout the Western Hemisphere...
) which burst open when the fruit ripens. The flavor resembles sour cherries and a little bit like a tomato.
This plant has been used as a trap crop
Trap crop
A trap crop is a plant that attracts agricultural pests, usually insects, away from nearby crops. This form of companion planting can save the main crop from decimation by pests without the potential issues and controversy involved in using pesticides....
to protect potato
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
es from potato cyst nematode
Potato cyst nematode
Potato root nematodes or potato cyst nematodes are 1-mm long roundworms belonging to the genus Globodera, which comprises around 12 species. They live on the roots of plants of the Solanaceae family, such as potatoes and tomatoes. PCN cause growth retardation and, at very high population...
. The stems and leave contain solasodine
Solasodine
Solasodine is a poisonous glycoalkaloid chemical compound that occurs in plants of the Solanaceae family.It is commercially used as a precursor for the production of complex steroidal compounds such as contraceptive pills....
which makes the plant very resistant to many pests and diseases, with the exception of potato beetles and tomato worms. It can also be used as a hedge plant to keep animals out of a garden, because it is covered with thorns.
Synonyms
Homonym
In linguistics, a homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that often but not necessarily share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings...
s:
- Solanum balbisii Dunal
- Solanum balbisii of Bojer based on DunalMichel Félix DunalMichel Felix Dunal was a French botanist. He was professor of botany in Montpellier, France. He held the chair of Medical Natural History from 1816 to 1819...
in de CandolleA. P. de CandolleAugustin Pyramus de Candolle also spelled Augustin Pyrame de Candolle was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at an herbarium...
is S. richardii- Solanum balbisii var. bipinnata Hook.
- Solanum balbisii var. oligospermum Sendtn.
- Solanum balbisii var. purpureum Hook.
- Solanum bipinnatifidum Larrañaga
- Solanum brancaefolium Jacq.
- Solanum decurrens Balb.
- Solanum decurrens of Banks based on Dunal in de Candolle is S. jamaicense
- Solanum decurrens of WallichNathaniel WallichNathaniel Wallich was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later joined the East India Company...
based on Dunal in de Candolle is S. americanumSolanum americanumAmerican nightshade is a herbaceous flowering plant of wide though uncertain native range. The certain native range encompasses the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, Melanesia and Meganesia... - Solanum decurrens of de Conceição VellozoJosé Mariano de Conceição VellozoJosé Mariano de Conceição Vellozo was a Brazilian botanist who catalogued specimens, for example: Cedrela fissilis Vell. in Florae Fluminensis...
is S. hoehnei- Solanum edule Vell.
- Solanum edule of H.C.F. SchumacherHeinrich Christian Friedrich SchumacherHeinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher , was a Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy at the University of Copenhagen...
& ThonningPeter ThonningPeter Thonning was a Danish physician and botanist.He was sent to Ghana by the Danish government to supervise the plantations of that colony, and he lived there from 1799 to 1803. His herbarium was destroyed during the shelling of Copenhagen by the British in 1807...
in Schumacher and Solanum edule var. multifidum of Dunal in de Candolle refer to the eggplant (S. melongena)- Solanum formosum Weinm.
- Solanum formosum of Dunal is S. crinitipes
- Solanum inflatum Hornem.
- Solanum mauritianum Willd. ex Roth (preoccupiedSolanum mauritianumSolanum mauritianum is a small tree or shrub native to South America, including Northern Argentina, Southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It has become a widespread invasive weed in Cook Islands, Fiji, Hawai‘i, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Réunion Island, Mauritius,...
)
- Solanum mauritianum of Blanco is S. erianthumSolanum erianthumSolanum erianthum is a species of nightshade that is native to southern North America and northern South America. It has been introduced to other parts of the world and has a nearly pantropical distribution. Common names include Potato Tree, Mullein Nightshade , Velvet Nightshade, and...
- Solanum opuliflorum Port. ex Walp. (nomen nudumNomen nudumThe phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...
) - Solanum opuliflorum Port. ex Dunal (nomen nudum)
- Solanum rogersii S.Moore
- Solanum sabeanum Buckley
- Solanum sisymbriifolium (lapsusLapsusA lapsus is an involuntary mistake made while writing or speaking. According to Freud's early psychoanalytic theory, a lapsus represents a missed deed that hides an unconscious desire....
) - Solanum subviscidum Schrank
- Solanum thouinii C.C.Gmel.
- Solanum viscidum Schweigg.
- Solanum viscosum Lag.
- Solanum opuliflorum Port. ex Walp. (nomen nudum
- Solanum viscosum of Philipp Salzmann based on Dunal in de Candolle is S. paludosum of Moric.
- Solanum xanthacanthum Willd. ex Walp. (nomen nudum)
Several form
Form (botany)
In botanical nomenclature, a form is one of the "secondary" taxonomic ranks, below that of variety, which in turn is below that of species; it is an infraspecific taxon...
s and varieties have been named, but these are generally not consiedered valid today:
- Solanum sisymbriifolium notst purpureiflorum Dunal
- Solanum sisymbriifolium forma albiflorum Kuntze
- Solanum albiflorum of Philippi is S. pinnatum of CavanillesAntonio José CavanillesAntonio José Cavanilles was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist of the 18th century. He named many plants, particularly from Oceania, his name is abbreviated as Cav...
- Solanum albiflorum of De Wildeman is S. anguivi
- Solanum sisymbriifolium var. bipinnatipartitum Dunal
- Solanum sisymbriifolium var. brevilobum Dunal
- Solanum sisymbriifolium var. gracile Mattos
- Solanum gracile of Moric. based on Dunal in de Candolle is S. agrarium
- Solanum gracile of Dunal in de Candolle is S. chenopodioides of LamarckJean-Baptiste LamarckJean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck , often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist...
- Solanum sisymbriifolium var. heracleifolium Sendtn.
- Solanum sisymbriifolium forma lilacinum Kuntze
- Solanum lilacinum of Rusby is S. pallidum
- Solanum sisymbriifolium var. macrocarpum Kuntze
- Solanum macrocarpum of MaximowiczCarl MaximowiczCarl Johann Maximowicz was a Russian botanist. Maximowicz spent most of his life studying the flora of the countries he had visited in the Far East, and naming many new species...
(revised by Koidzumi) is S. dulcamaraSolanum dulcamaraSolanum dulcamara, also known as bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, climbing nightshade, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, trailing bittersweet, trailing nightshade, violet bloom, or woody...
- Solanum sisymbriifolium var. oligospermum (Sendtn.) Dunal
- Solanum oligospermum of Bitter is S: douglasiiSolanum douglasiiSolanum douglasii is a species of nightshade known by the common name greenspot nightshade. It is native to the northern half of Mexico and the southwestern south-central United States. Its habitat includes scrub and woodland. It is a perennial herb or subshrub approaching two meters in maximum...