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Solanum seaforthianum Andr.
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Distribution: In disturbed areas, like roadsides and pastures. Also on Vieques, St. Croix, and St. Thomas. Native to South America, but cultivated throughout the tropics.
Public Forests: Carite and Río Abajo.
Common
"Rare on roadsides and wastelands from plains to 1000m, native of Brazil, widely naturalised in the tropics."
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Rights holder/Author | Keystone Foundation, India Biodiversity Portal |
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
"Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, Shimoga Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram Tamil Nadu: Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Nilgiri, Theni, Salem, Tiruvannamalai"
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
(Figure 87). Probably native to the islands of the West Indies and coastal northern South America in Colombia and Venezuela, perhaps also on the Caribbean slope of Central America and Mexico; widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics (often escaped and apparently naturalised).
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Rights holder/Author | Sandra Knapp, PhytoKeys |
Source | http://www.pensoft.net/journals/phytokeys/article/4041/abstract/ |
Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
Yunnan (Mengzi Xian) [perhaps native of Caribbean region, widely cultivated and naturalized in many countries].
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Sometimes cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens.
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Rights holder/Author | Keystone Foundation, India Biodiversity Portal |
Source | http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32345 |