Common name
English: Apple of Sodom
German: Sodomsapfel
Portuguese: Tomateiro-do-diabo
English: Apple of Sodom
German: Sodomsapfel
Portuguese: Tomateiro-do-diabo
Kingdom: Plantae (2599)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2111)
Order: Solanales (94)
Family: Solanaceae (48)(family description)
Genus: Solanum (22)
Epithet: linnaeanum Hepper & P.-M.L. Jaeger (1)
linnaeanum => named in honor of Carl von Linné, 18th century Swedish botanist often referred to as the father of modern taxonomy
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: purple, violet
Check for Solanum linnaeanum at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNILiterature