Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam., Solanaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Solanum sisymbrifolium [sic]

Common name(s): [more details]

English: bitter apple, dense thorned bitter apple, liuskakoiso, sticky nightshade, wild tomato

Other: arrabenta cavalo, doringtamatie, wildetamatie

Spanish: espina colorada

Habit:  herb

Description:  "[P]rickly and viscid-villous at least in inflorescence and with pinnatifid or bipinnatifid leaves, these sometimes glabrate, the largest 3 dm long, segments 1 dm long, petioles 1 dm long; a weedy plant, even the calyx often armed with yellow prickles, the lobes in fruit to 1.5 cm long; berry finally yellow, 12 mm in diameter; flowers white" (Macbride, 1962; (5B/1):263).

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  South America (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Perú Perú	Perú (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)

Also reported from
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
South Africa South Africa	South Africa (Republic of)	introduced	Henderson, Lesley (1995)

Comments:  Reported invasive in Spain. A noxious weed in South Africa (Henderson, 1995; p. 177).

Additional information:
Additional online information about Solanum sisymbriifolium is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Solanum sisymbriifolium as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Solanum sisymbriifolium may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Other Latin names:  Solanum sisymbrifolium [sic]

References:

Henderson, Lesley. 1995. Plant invaders of Southern Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute Handbook No. 5, Agriculture Research Council, ARC/LNR, Pretoria, South Africa. 177 pp.

Macbride, J. Francis. 1936. Flora of Peru. Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series, Vol. XIII. 1936-1971, 6 parts.

U. S. Government. 2009. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (on-line resource).

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2009. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.