Taxon:
Solanum quitoense Lam.
Summary
Place of publication:
Tabl. encycl. 2:16. 1794
Verified:
11/13/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Quito-orange – French
morelle de Quito – naranjille – orange de Quito – German
Quito-Nachtschatten – Spanish
lulo – naranjilla – Swedish
naranjilla –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | cult.? |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | cult.? |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
Native
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia (cult.?), Ecuador (cult.?)
Cultivated
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Naturalized
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Panama
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | beverage base | fide Gentes Herb 12:108. 1981 | Whalen, M. D. et al. 1981. Taxonomy of Solanum section Lasiocarpa. Gentes Herbarum 12:106. |
Human food | fruit | fide Gentes Herb 12:108. 1981 | Whalen, M. D. et al. 1981. Taxonomy of Solanum section Lasiocarpa. Gentes Herbarum 12:106. |