Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)


Solanum mauritianum


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Solanum mauritianum

Berries in dense terminal clusters. Globose, densely covered with star-shaped hairs. Become yellow on ripening. They are poisonous to man and act as a host for the fruit-fly. Eagerly eaten by birds, which disperse the seeds widely.

Photo by R. P. Ellis © Ecoport
(source URL: http://www.ecoport.org)


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This page was created on 4/25/2008 and was last updated on 4/25/2008.