Solanum linnaeanum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
- Species
- Solanum linnaeanum
- Scientific Name
- Solanum linnaeanum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Solanum linnaeanum
Solanum linnaeanum is a nightshade species known as devil's apple and, in some places where it is introduced, apple of Sodom. The latter name is also used for other nightshades and entirely different plants elsewhere, in particular the poisonous milkweed Calotropis procera.
This poisonous plant bearing tomato-like fruit is native to many African countries Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and is considered to be an invasive species in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Fiji, New Caledonia, other Pacific Islands, the Aseer region of Saudi Arabia, and northern areas of Pakistan. When raw its fruits are green and look exactly like the Thai eggplant and when ripe they are yellow. In Ukambani eastern Kenya children in the villages in summer season use the poisonous yellow fruit as football, cautiously.
Solbec Pharmaceuticals attempted to develop Coramsine, a 1:1 mixture of the alkaloids solamargine and solasonine extracted from Solanum linnaeanum, as a cancer drug. Preliminary clinical trials were initially promising, but the drug was ultimately unsuccessful.
Solanum linnaeanum may be confused with Solanum cinereum (Narrawa burr) in Australia, the neotropical Solanum capsicoides, or Solanum incanum in Africa.
...Solanum linnaeanum in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Bitterappel
- Afrikaans
- Gifappel
- Czech
- lilek sodomský
- English
- devil's apple
- English
- Apple of Sodom
- English
- bitter apple
- English
- devil's-apple
- English
- Apple-of-Sodom
- English
- Poison Apple
- English
- Sodom Apple
- English
- Yellow Bitter-apple
- French
- Morelle de Linné
- German
- Sodomsapfel
- Italian
- Morella di Sodoma
- Japanese
- キダチハリナスビ
- Portuguese
- Tomateiro-do-diabo
- Russian
- Паслён Линнея
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Parent Taxon
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- Solanum abortivum
- Solanum abutilifolium
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- Solanum acanthodes
- Solanum accrescens
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- Solanum actaeabotrys
- Solanum actephilum
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- Solanum adenophorum
- Solanum adoense
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- Solanum aethiopicum
- Solanum affine
- Solanum agrarium
- Solanum albidum
- Solanum aldabrense
- Solanum alternatopinnatum
- Solanum amblymerum
- Solanum ammophilum
- Solanum anfractum
- Solanum anguivi
- Solanum angustifolium
- Solanum aridum
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- Solanum arundo
- Solanum ashbyae
- Solanum asteropilodes
- Solanum asymmetriphyllum
- Solanum atropurpureum
- Solanum aturense
- Solanum aureitomentosum
- Solanum austrocaledonicum
- Solanum bahamense
- Solanum barbisetum
- Solanum batoides
- Solanum beaugleholei
- Solanum borgmannii
- Solanum bumeliifolium
- Solanum burchellii
- Solanum campanulatum
- Solanum campechiense
- Solanum campylacanthum
- Solanum candidum
- Solanum capense
- Solanum capsicoides
- Solanum carduiforme
- Solanum caricaefolium
- Solanum carolinense
- Solanum cataphractum
- Solanum catombelense
- Solanum caumii
- Solanum chenopodinum
- Solanum chrysotrichum
- Solanum cinereum
- Solanum citrullifolium
- Solanum clarkiae
- Solanum cleistogamum
- Solanum coagulans
- Solanum comarapanum
- Solanum cordatum
- Solanum cowiei
- Solanum crinitipes
- Solanum crinitum
- Solanum croatii
- Solanum crotonifolium
- Solanum crotonoides
- Solanum cunninghamii
- Solanum cyaneopurpureum
- Solanum cymbalariifolium
- Solanum dasyphyllum
- Solanum dennekense
- Solanum dioicum
- Solanum diversiflorum
- Solanum dolichosepalum
- Solanum echinatum
- Solanum elaeagnifolium
- Solanum ensifolium
- Solanum erythracanthum
- Solanum falciforme
- Solanum felinum
- Solanum ferocissimum
- Solanum ferrugineum
- Solanum fervens
- Solanum forskalii
- Solanum furfuraceum
- Solanum giganteum
- Solanum glabratum
- Solanum glutinosum
- Solanum hastifolium
- Solanum heinianum
- Solanum heterodoxum
- Solanum hieronymi
- Solanum hindsianum
- Solanum hirtum
- Solanum houstonii
- Solanum humile
- Solanum hyporhodium
- Solanum inaequiradians
- Solanum inamoenum
- Solanum incanum
- Solanum incarceratum
- Solanum incompletum
- Solanum insanum
- Solanum insidiosum
- Solanum iodotrichum
- Solanum jamaicense
- Solanum kollastrum
- Solanum labyrinthinum
- Solanum lamprocarpum
- Solanum lanceolatum
- Solanum lanzae
- Solanum lasiocarpum
- Solanum leopoldense
- Solanum lianoides
- Solanum lidii
- Solanum linnaeanum
- Solanum litoraneum
- Solanum lycocarpum
- Solanum macrocarpon
- Solanum mahoriense
- Solanum mammosum
- Solanum marginatum
- Solanum melastomoides
- Solanum mellobarretoi
- Solanum melongena
- Solanum memaoyanum
- Solanum microphyllum
- Solanum milnei
- Solanum mitlense
- Solanum multiflorum
- Solanum multispinum
- Solanum myoxotrichum
- Solanum myriacanthum
- Solanum neei
- Solanum nelsonii
- Solanum nemophilum
- Solanum nigriviolaceum
- Solanum nummularium
- Solanum orthacanthum
- Solanum ossicruentum
- Solanum palinacanthum
- Solanum pancheri
- Solanum paniculatum
- Solanum pectinatum
- Solanum peekelii
- Solanum petraeum
- Solanum petrophilum
- Solanum platense
- Solanum pluviale
- Solanum polygamum
- Solanum prinophyllum
- Solanum pseudoauriculatum
- Solanum pseudolulo
- Solanum pseudopedunculatum
- Solanum pugiunculiferum
- Solanum pyracanthos
- Solanum quitoense
- Solanum ratale
- Solanum repandum
- Solanum richardii
- Solanum robustum
- Solanum rostratum
- Solanum rubetorum
- Solanum rubicaule
- Solanum sandwicense
- Solanum saponaceum
- Solanum saturatum
- Solanum scalarium
- Solanum schimperianum
- Solanum scuticum
- Solanum sejunctum
- Solanum semisucculentum
- Solanum sessiliflorum
- Solanum setaceum
- Solanum sisymbriifolium
- Solanum stelligerum
- Solanum stenandrum
- Solanum stipitatostellatum
- Solanum stramoniifolium
- Solanum supinum
- Solanum taitense
- Solanum tenuispinum
- Solanum tettense
- Solanum thomsonii
- Solanum toliaraea
- Solanum tomentosum
- Solanum torreanum
- Solanum torricellense
- Solanum torvoideum
- Solanum torvum
- Solanum tricuspidatum
- Solanum tudununggae
- Solanum ultimum
- Solanum urens
- Solanum usaramense
- Solanum vaccinioides
- Solanum vansittartense
- Solanum vanuatuense
- Solanum variabile
- Solanum velutinum
- Solanum vespertilio
- Solanum vestissimum
- Solanum viarum
- Solanum vicinum
- Solanum violaceum
- Solanum virginianum
- Solanum viridifolium
- Solanum volubile
- Solanum whalenii
- Solanum wightii
- Solanum wittei
- Solanum woodburyi
- Solanum wrightii
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