Taxon:
Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M. L. Jaeger
Summary
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 41:435. 1986
Verified:
11/23/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Solanum sodomaeum
Common names
English
apple-of-Sodom – black-spine nightshade – poison-apple – Sodom-apple – Swedish
sodomsäpple –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | Corse | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Eastern Cape, Western Cape]
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France [Corse], Portugal
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | fide BernhardSmith, as S. sodomeum; Kingsbury, as S. sodomeum; Lampe & McCann, as S. sodomeum; Pammel, as S. sodomeum; Kellerman et al., as S. hermanii | BernhardSmith, A. 1923. Poisonous plants of all countries, 2nd ed. Note: poisonous |
Weed | | | Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. |
Weed | | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |