Solanum incanum

TaxID: 329779

Basic Information

Solanum incanum

Bitter Apple, Thorn-apple

Solanum incanum is a species of nightshade, a flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to East Africa, West Africa, the Middle East, and eastwards to India. The species was introduced to Taiwan and Vietnam. Common names include thorn apple, bitter apple, bitterball and bitter tomato It may be confused with the similar S. linnaeanum where their ranges overlap in Africa. In ancient India, Solanum incanum was domesticated into the eggplant, Solanum melongena.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Solanales

Solanaceae

Solanum

incanum

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Solanum incanum
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Solanum incanum
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(c) Jerome Viard@BY-NC
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(c) Shaked Bachbut@BY-NC
Solanum incanum
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(c) James Bailey@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —

Distribution (51 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Australia Present —
Burundi Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Botswana Present —
Central African Republic Present —
China Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_965654585.1 Chromosome 1098 36839 99533 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR8736651 leaf seedling - 21694878 Israel
SRR8736650 leaf seedling - 14919100 Israel
SRR8736649 leaf seedling - 8895647 Saudi Arabia

DNA Barcodes (14 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
KNPA759-09 - matK 751 Nigeria 2009-01-13 4.883, 6.904
ITSAL4761-14 - ITS2 208 Kenya - 0.6899181999999999, 37.953094
ITSAG4924-14 - ITS2 208 - - -
ITSAG4923-14 - ITS2 208 - - -
ITSAE2224-14 - ITS2 208 - - -
GENG803-14 - rbcL 534 India 2014-08-26 24.270285, 72.50978
GENG669-14 - rbcL 522 India 2013-08-23 23.14522, 72.39369
GCUDG647-13 - rbcLa 552 Pakistan 2013-03-20 29.93333, 70.1
GCUDG647-13 - matK 784 Pakistan 2013-03-20 29.93333, 70.1
GCUDG534-13 - rbcLa 533 Pakistan 2013-02-20 29.93333, 70.1
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Literature