Solanum viarum

TaxID: 215581

Basic Information

Solanum viarum

Tropical Soda Apple, tropical soda-apple

Solanum viarum, the tropical soda apple, is a species of perennial shrub native to Brazil and Argentina with a prickly stem and prickly leaves. The fruit is golf-ball-sized with the coloration of a watermelon. It is considered an invasive species in the lower eastern coastal states of the United States and more recently in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia (first being spotted on the Mid North Coast in 2010).

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Solanales

Solanaceae

Solanum

viarum

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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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 (6 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Chile A1 list 2019
Cuba Present —
Haiti Quarantine pests —
Jamaica Quarantine pests —
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (53 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Belgium Transient —
Bangladesh Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present
Bhutan Present —
Central African Republic Present —
Chile Present —
China Present
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR20722183 Young leaves, mature leaves, young fruits, mature fruits, flowers, flower buds, roots, sepals, leaf Mixed stages - 61920219 China
SRR20722182 Young leaves, mature leaves, young fruits, mature fruits, flowers, flower buds, roots, sepals, leaf Mixed stages - 99744703 China
SRR28314241 Leaf fruiting - 23804388 Colombia: Antioquia, Venecia

DNA Barcodes (12 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SLNM017-19 - trnH-psbA 457 South Africa 2018-01-24 -32.0275, 29.079720000000002
SLNM017-19 - rbcL 568 South Africa 2018-01-24 -32.0275, 29.079720000000002
SLNM012-19 - trnH-psbA 453 South Africa 2018-01-23 -30.05889, 29.84528
SLNM012-19 - rbcL 568 South Africa 2018-01-23 -30.05889, 29.84528
ITSAD2787-14 - ITS2 208 - - -
GBVK4667-11 - rbcL 566 - - -
GBVK4666-11 - matK 821 - - -
GBVK4665-11 - matK 733 - - -
GBVK4664-11 - rbcL 546 - - -
GBVK4663-11 - matK 533 - - -
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Literature