Details for: PI 560957, Solanum mammosum L., tetilla, pimenton (Spanish).

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Solanum mammosum L.

Top Name:

tetilla, pimenton (Spanish).

Origin:

Collected – Bolivia

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

15 Jun 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

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Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Solanum mammosum L.

Top Name:

tetilla, pimenton (Spanish).

Origin:

Collected – Bolivia

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

15 Jun 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

12 April 1990.
Bolivia
Locality: Small village, Capaina, Iturralde Province, La Paz Dept.
Coordinates: -14.4167, -67.6000 (Map it)
Elevation: 225m.

Collector(s):

Williams, David E., USDA, ARS

Donated

15 June 1990.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Williams, David E., USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

tetilla, pimenton (Spanish).

Type: Local name

1133

Type: Donor identifier

Grif 425

Type: Other or unclassified name

DEW1990

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Woody shrub, 2m tall. Corolla purple. Stamens yellow. Fruits 8-9cm long, mammiform with 5 or 6 basal, inward curving outgrowths 3-4cm long. Color orange. Flesh thick, spongy. Seeds numerous, round, flattened, purple brown. Fruit said to be poisonous if eaten, but used medicinally to cure mange and rashes by rubbing fruit on sores. More importantly, the mere presence of this plant is believed to cause household chickens to procreate.

Solanum mammosum L.

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Leptostemonum

Section:

Acanthophora

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

101356

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:187. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

12/02/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	macawbush	1	Welman, W. G. 2003. The genus Solanum (Solanaceae) in southern Africa: subgenus Leptostemonum, the introduced sections Acanthophora and Torva. Bothalia 33:8-10.
English	nipplefruit	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	pig's-ears	1	Welman, W. G. 2003. The genus Solanum (Solanaceae) in southern Africa: subgenus Leptostemonum, the introduced sections Acanthophora and Torva. Bothalia 33:8-10.
German	Euter-Nachtschatten	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Swedish	käringtomat	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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