Solanum melissarum
Bohs
Bee nightshade
SolanaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Brazil, Central America, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, South America,
How to Identify
A tropical shrub in the Solanaceae family with edible fruit.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Solanum melissarum is a small tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Solanaceae endemic to Brazil.
Names & Synonyms
Baga-de-deado, Danto, Tomate-arboreo, Tomate-bravo, Unha-de-veado
Cyphomandra capsicoides (Miers) Walp.Cyphomandra ciliata (Miers) Walp.Cyphomandra divaricata (Mart.) Sendtn.Cyphomandra divaricata var. flexipes Sendtn.Cyphomandra divaricata var. herbacea Sendtn.Cyphomandra laxiflora DunalCyphomandra oxyphylla DunalPionandra capsicoides MiersPionandra ciliata MiersPionandra divaricata (Mart.) MiersPionandra laxiflora (Dunal) MiersPionandra oxyphylla (Dunal) MiersWitheringia divaricata Mart.
References (1)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 618
