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tropical soda apple
Solanum viarum Dunal


Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum
Category: Plants: Shrub or Subshrub

154 Records
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0002134 pasture infested
0002137 juvenile plant
0002138 typical flower
0002139 mature fruits
0002149 Biological Control Burch Wet Blade Mower used for applying the bacterial pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum (E. F. Smith) Yabuuchi to tropical soda apple
0002150 Biological Control wilted plant exhibiting disease symptoms of the bacterial pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum (E. F. Smith) Yabuuchi
0002151 Biological Control field plots showing control 2 months post treatment in 1998. The bacterial pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum (E. F. Smith) Yabuuchi was applied using the Burch Wet Blade Mower to plots on left side that were previously infested with tropical soda apple.
0002153 Distribution distribution in the United States. Infested region indicated in yellow.
0016192 Feature(s) prickles and thorns in June
0016193 Feature(s) fruit in November
1115018 Plant(s) In a pasture
1115019 Diagram or Graphic Unpalatable to cattle
1115020 Feature(s) Flower, Fruit, Stem, and Foliage
1115021 Infestation Several plants in a pasture along with cattle
1115022 Infestation In a pasture along with cattle
1115023 Infestation In a field along with cattle
1115024 Feature(s) Fruit and flower
1115025 Feature(s) Fruit, flowers, and foliage
1115026 Fruit(s) Mature fruit
1115027 Feature(s) Root system
1115028 Fruit(s) Immature fruit and foliage
1115029 Seedling(s)
1115030 Fruit(s)
1115031 Plant(s) In a pasture with cattle
1115032 Research Research plot May 1996, see image# 1115033 for September 1996
1115033 Research Research plot September 1996, see image# 1115032 for May 1996.
1115034 Foliage
1115035 Feature(s) Chlorosis - Suck fly damage
1115036 Infestation
1115037 Foliage
1149063 Fruit(s)
1149064 Plant(s)
1149065 Plant(s)
1149066 Plant(s)
1149067 Plant(s)
1149068 Infestation Spread from manure from slaughter house
1149069 Fruit(s)
1149070 Plant(s)
1149071 Fruit(s)
1149072 Foliage
1149073 Foliage
1149074 Fruit(s)
1149075 Plant(s)
1149076 Fruit(s)
1299001 Infestation

September, 1994.; on Florida roadside

1299002 Control

in hammock, mowed and unmowed

1299123 Plant(s) grows in shade
1299167 Plant(s) growing out of a bag of manure
1316013 Plant(s) Botanist Charles T. Bryson clips tropical soda apple (Solanum viarum) plants in field experiments. In the United States, the weed is found primarily in the Southeast.
1391157 Seedling(s)
1391385 Plant(s)
1391386 Plant(s)
1391387 Plant(s)
1391388 Plant(s)
1461073 Infestation In a forest
1499051 Plant(s)
1539113 Seedling(s)
1539115 Plant(s)
1539116 Seedling(s)
1624036 Plant(s)

Thorny nightshade from Argentina, first appeared in the United States in pastures and rangelands in Glades County, Florida, in 1988. Mottled green fruits that look like small watermelons are a distinguising feature of the plant.  This picture is of an infested dairy farm pasture in Appling County, GA

1624037 Fruit(s) Thorny nightshade from Argentina, first appeared in the United States in pastures and rangelands in Glades County, Florida, in 1988. Mottled green fruits that look like small watermelons are a distinguising feature of the plant.
1624038 Infestation Grows well in sun and shade and is invading tree hammocks where it prevents cattle from seeking refuge from the sun in southern pastures.
1673055 Plant(s)
1673056 Foliage closeup showing prickles
1673058 Plant(s)
1791068 Foliage Small plant under tree canopy next to fallen log
1791069 Foliage Close-up lateral view of a small pulled plant.
1791070 Foliage
1791071 Fruit(s) Mature and near-mature fruit from plants in burn pit.
1791072 Control hand pulled plants in pit ready for burning.
1791073 Control Hand pulled plants in pit ready for burning.
1791074 Foliage Close-up
1791075 Fruit(s) Mature fruit. Note yellow coloration
1791081 Fruit(s) various stages of fruit on plant
1791082 Control Hand pulled plants in pit ready to be burned
1791083 Control Hand pulled plants in pit ready to be burned
1791084 Plant(s) Close-up of leaves showing prickles
1791085 Fruit(s) Mature fruit. Note yellow coloration
2132028 Flower(s)
2254056 Fruit(s)
2254059 Flower(s) flowers
2254064 Plant(s) root segment
2254066 Fruit(s)
2254067 Fruit(s) fruit
2308095 Foliage
2721005 Distribution Georgia County-level map
2721006 Distribution Georgia County-level map from the National Agricultural Pest Survey Information System (NAPIS)
2721007 Distribution Southeastern US map from data in the National Agricultural Pest Survey Program (NAPIS)
2734096 Foliage small plant under shade of oak trees in pasture
2734097 Foliage small plant showing prickles
4054001 Feature(s)
4054003 Fruit(s)
4054004 Fruit(s)
4054005 Fruit(s)
4054008 Fruit(s)
4054009 Plant(s)
4054010 Plant(s)
4054011 Plant(s)
4054012 Plant(s)
4387065 Competition

Competing with palmetto and other weeds where manure had been spread in field behind slaughter house in Alma, Georgia (Bacon County)

4387066 Seedling(s)
4387068 Flower(s)
4387069 Plant(s)

Dairy farm - Appling Co. Tim Varnedore, CES Baxley & Art Miller, PPQ photo by Frank Krainin

4387070 Fruit(s) cut TSA fruit on shovel Alma, Georgia
4387072 Research

PPQ approved containment facility, Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton, Georgia. Pot experiments testing several herbicides by Dr. Clyde Dowler

4387073 People

Lanier Jordon, County Extension Director, Newton, Georgia (Baker County) "You couldn't invent a worse weed" Lemuel Screws' farm -site where TSA first found and reported in Georgia

4387074 Control

Lemuel Screws farm, Newton, Baker County, Georgia site where TSA first reported. Spots where cattleman had used Roundup in pasture to kill TSA

4387075 Control

Newton, Ga.; Lemuel Screws burn pit -he had carried TSA plants to pit (deep/straight sides) across road from house. No TSA was ever found growing near the pit.

4387076 Control

Bacon County, Georgia field at Lee Meats. Plants sprayed by Dr. Clyde Dowler using Grazon P&D during field testing in a field north of the slaughter house. In foreground is manure, spread in field.

4387077 Equipment

manure being spread in field at Lee Meats

4387078 Competition

competing with other weeds in Bacon County, Georgia

4387079 Fruit(s)

after frost, green and yellow fruit were mostly intact

4387080 Dispersal

Manager of Fla. Seed and Feed store reported an unusual plant (TSA) growing from broken bags of Black Kow cow manure, 1994. Plant displayed at TSATF meeting in Ocala FL by Randy Westbrooks and Art Miller.

4387081 Plant(s)

Pete Wright Dairy Farm, near Baxley, in Appling County, Georgia near pond

4387082 Plant(s)

Frank Krainin, PPQ and Tim Varnedore, Extension Agent, behind large plant beyond water hole in south Georgia

4387083 Plant(s)

Frank Krainin, PPQ, studies plant after frost. In the spring, plant was confirmed as a herbaceous perennial, in Appling county. An early observation that TSA roots could survive the winter in Georgia.

4387084 Plant(s)

TSA plant after frost, or herbicide treatment which gives same appearance.TSA fruit are more available for feeding by cattle, deer and other animals.

4387085 Plant(s)

closer view of TSA plant,

4387086 Control

PPQ officier Derrick McNeal using brush hook. No herbicide was used on the dairy farm by PPQ in Appling County, Georgia

4387087 Plant(s)

low growing , Appling County, Georgia. Short plants were observed on very sandy soil

4387088 Plant(s)

plant in back of farm pond Pete Wright Dairy Farm 1997

5290017 Infestation
5290018 Infestation
5290019 Plant(s)
5290020 Plant(s)
5290021 Fruit(s)
5290022 Stem(s)
5290023 Flower(s)
5290024 Fruit(s)
5290025 Fruit(s)
5290026 Fruit(s)
5290027 Foliage
5290028 Foliage

foliar spines

5290029 Fruit(s)
5290030 Infestation
5290031 Foliage
5290032 Fruit(s)
5294047 Fruit(s)
5376822 Seed(s)
5376823 Seed(s)

marginal view of seeds

5376824 Feature(s)

surface of seed

5376825 Feature(s)

Hilum of seed

5376826 Seed(s)

longitudinal section of seed

5384223 Fruit(s)
5392600 Plant(s)

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5403099 Flower(s)
5403100 Flower(s)
5403101 Foliage
5403102 Foliage
5403103 Feature(s)

flowers and spines

5403104 Foliage
5403105 Foliage
5403106 Stem(s)
5403107 Stem(s)


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