Solanum sisymbriifolium

Solanum sisymbriifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Solanum
Species:	S. sisymbriifolium
Binomial name
	Solanum sisymbriifolium; Lam.
Synonyms
	Many, see text

Solanum sisymbriifolium is commonly known as vila-vila,[1] sticky nightshade,[2] red buffalo-bur,[3] the fire-and-ice plant, litchi tomato, or Morelle de Balbis.[4]

The small edible fruits are red[5] on the outside and yellow inside. It grows inside a spiny, green husk. The fruit is ripe when it is easily removed from the stem. The flavor resembles sour cherries and a little bit like a tomato.[4]

This plant has been used as a trap crop to protect potatoes from potato cyst nematode.[6] The stems and leaves contain solasodine which makes the plant very resistant to many pests and diseases, with the exception of potato beetles and tomato hornworms. It can also be used as a hedge plant to keep animals out of a garden, because it is covered with prickles (erroneously called thorns).[4]

Synonyms

Closeup of flowers

Immature fruit hidden in a spiny husk

The sticky nightshade has been described under a number of illegitimate scientific names, many of them quite ambiguous homonyms:[7]

Solanum balbisii Dunal
Solanum bipinnatifidum Larrañaga
Solanum brancaefolium Jacq.
Solanum decurrens Balb.
Solanum edule Vell.
Solanum formosum Weinm.
Solanum inflatum Hornem.
Solanum mauritianum Willd. ex Roth (preoccupied)
Solanum opuliflorum Port. ex Walp. (nomen nudum)
Solanum opuliflorum Port. ex Dunal (nomen nudum)
Solanum rogersii S.Moore
Solanum sabeanum Buckley
Solanum subviscidum Schrank
Solanum thouinii C.C.Gmel.
Solanum viscidum Schweigg.
Solanum viscosum Lag.
Solanum xanthacanthum Willd. ex Walp. (nomen nudum)

Several forms and varieties have been named,[7] but these are generally not considered distinct today:

Solanum sisymbriifolium var. purpureiflorum Dunal
Solanum sisymbriifolium forma albiflorum Kuntze
Solanum sisymbriifolium var. bipinnatipartitum Dunal
Solanum sisymbriifolium var. brevilobum Dunal
Solanum sisymbriifolium var. gracile Mattos
Solanum sisymbriifolium var. heracleifolium Sendtn.
Solanum sisymbriifolium forma lilacinum Kuntze
Solanum sisymbriifolium var. macrocarpum Kuntze
Solanum sisymbriifolium var. oligospermum (Sendtn.) Dunal

Distribution

South America

Europe

Austria,[8][9] Belgium,[8][9] Czech Republic,[8][9] Denmark,[8][9] Ireland,[8][9] Estonia,[8][9] Finland,[9] France,[8][9] Germany,[9] Hungary,[9] Latvia,[8][9] Lithuania,[8][9] Morocco,[8] Netherlands,[8][9] Norway,[8] Portugal,[8] Spain,[8][9] Sweden,[9] Ukraine,[8][9] United Kingdom[9]
Italy[8][9]
- Sicily - invasive[8]

Asia

Africa

Benin,[8] Kenya,[8] South Africa,[8][9] Republic of the Congo,[9] Eswatini,[9] Namibia[9]

North America

Canada[9]
Mexico[9]
United States - ~64% of the country is suitable for S. sisymbriifolium.[5] Predicted to eventually be absent from most of Alaska, Montana, and Wisconsin, and to never enter North Dakota.[5]
- Alabama,[8][5] Arizona,[8][5] California,[8][5] Delaware,[8][5] Florida,[8][5] Georgia,[8][5] Iowa,[8][5] Louisiana,[8][5] Massachusetts,[8][5] Mississippi,[8][5] New Jersey,[8][5] New York,[8][5] North Carolina,[8][5] Oregon,[8][5] Pennsylvania,[8][5] South Carolina,[8][5] Texas[8][5]
- ABSENT from Idaho[5]

Oceania

References

"Friends of Vila-vila" – via Facebook.
"Solanum sisymbriifolium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
"BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
Litchi Tomato article in Mother Earth News, December 2009
"Weed Risk Assessment for Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam. (Solanaceae) – Sticky nightshade" (PDF). United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. 2013-03-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-30.
Introducing Solanum sisymbriifolium as a trap crop for potato cyst nematodes in the UK. Version of 2015-JUL-03. Retrieved 2007-AUG-02
Solanum sisymbriifolium. Retrieved 2008-SEP-25
"Solanum sisymbriifolium - EPPO Alert List". European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
"Solanum sisymbriifolium". Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Invasive Species Compendium. 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

External links

Plants for a Future Database

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[1] "Friends of Vila-vila" – via Facebook.

[2] "Solanum sisymbriifolium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

[BSBI07-3] "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

[motherearth-4] Litchi Tomato article in Mother Earth News, December 2009

[APHIS-weeds-5] "Weed Risk Assessment for Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam. (Solanaceae) – Sticky nightshade" (PDF). United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. 2013-03-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-30.

[6] Introducing Solanum sisymbriifolium as a trap crop for potato cyst nematodes in the UK. Version of 2015-JUL-03. Retrieved 2007-AUG-02

[ss2008-7] Solanum sisymbriifolium. Retrieved 2008-SEP-25

[EPPO-alert-8] "Solanum sisymbriifolium - EPPO Alert List". European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

[CABI-ISC-9] "Solanum sisymbriifolium". Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Invasive Species Compendium. 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2020-11-30.