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Common name

English: Turkey Berry

German: Pokastrauch, Türkenbeere

Mandarin: 水茄 (shui qie)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2597)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)

      Order: Solanales (94)

        Family: Solanaceae (48)(family description)

          Genus: Solanum (22)

            Epithet: torvum Sw. (1)

Synonyms: Solanum ficifolium Ortega, Solanum mayanum Lundell

ficifolium => fig-leaved

mayanum => in connection to the Mayan civilisation of northern Central America

torvum => of wild, fierce appearance

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

External links

Check for Solanum torvum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

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