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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Tropical Soda-apple at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Solanum viarum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum viarum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
COMMON NAME:
Tropical Soda-apple
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Larry Trekell, Bugwood.org bug_5431749
May?
Petals first extended, then recurved. Yellow to white fused stamens project, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests.
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Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Bugwood.org bug_5294047
June?
Ripe berry yellow, immature berry green with white mottles, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research. Bugwood.org bug_1115037
Month Unknown
Leaves 6-8" long x 2-6" wide, hairy, with pointed lobes, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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G. Keith Douce, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org bug_1791084
Month Unknown
An upright, thorny, perennial subshrub or shrub, 1-2m in height, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests.
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Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Bugwood.org bug_5290022
Month Unknown FL
Leaf veins and stem covered with 0.5-1" long spines, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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Julia Scher, Federal Noxious Weeds Disseminules, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org bug_5376822
Month Unknown
Each berry produces 200-400 reddish-brown seeds, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests.
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Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org bug_5498789
Month Unknown
Lvs shallowly lobed (sinus typically <1/3 the distance from margin to midvein), per Weakley's Flora.