''Solanum sisymbriifolium'' is commonly known as vila-vila, sticky nightshade, red buffalo-bur, the fire-and-ice plant, litchi tomato, or Morelle de Balbis.''Litchi Tomato'' article in Mother Earth News, December 2009
/ref> The small edible fruits are red 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. This plant has been used as a trap crop to protect potatoes from potato cyst nematode.Introducing ''Solanum sisymbriifolium'' as a trap crop for potato cyst nematodes in the UK
Version of 2015-JUL-03. Retrieved 2007-AUG-02 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).

Synonyms

The sticky nightshade has been described under a number of illegitimate

scientific name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

s, many of them quite ambiguous homonyms:''Solanum sisymbriifolium''
Retrieved 2008-SEP-25 * ''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 The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linn ...

) * ''Solanum opuliflorum'' Port. ex Walp. (''

nomen nudum In taxonomy, a ''nomen nudum'' ('naked name'; plural ''nomina nuda'') is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate descr ...

'') * ''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, 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

Native

South America

* Argentina,

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, Chile,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru * Brazil **

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

Introduced

Europe

* Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary,

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain,

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

, Ukraine, United Kingdom * Italy ** Sicily - invasive

Asia

* Republic of Korea * Bangladesh * Taiwan *

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

* Turkey * India ** Gujarat *

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** Guangdong, Yunnan

Africa

* Benin, Kenya, South Africa,

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, Namibia

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* Canada * Mexico * United States - ~64% of the country is suitable for ''S. sisymbriifolium''. Predicted to eventually be absent from most of Alaska, Montana, and Wisconsin, and to never enter North Dakota. ** Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas **ABSENT from Idaho

Oceania

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

** New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia * New Zealand

References

External links

Plants for a Future Database
{{Taxonbar, from=Q565399 sisymbriifolium Edible Solanaceae Fruit vegetables Flora of South America Flora of Brazil Flora of the Cerrado Berries