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- This article is about the plant Solanum mammosum, described by Carl Linnaeus. For other Solanum described under this name, see below.
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Solanum mammosum is commonly known as Nipplefruit, Titty Fruit, Cow's Udder, or, ambiguously, "apple of Sodom"[1]. It is an annual to perennial plant in the Solanaceae family, part of the Solanum or nightshade genus, and a relative of the tomato and potato. This poisonous fruit is native to South America, but has been naturalized in the Greater Antilles, Central America and Caribbean.
The plant is grown for ornamental purposes, in part because of the distal end of the fruits resembling to a human breast, while the proximal end looks like a cow's udder. It is reputed to have medicinal use in various treatments, from athlete's foot[2] to irritability and restlessness[3], and is sometimes used as a detergent. It is imported to Taiwan for use as a religious offering.
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Synonyms
This plant is not easily confused, but several now-invalid scientific names have been given to it:[4]
- Solanum corniculatum E.André (non Huber: preoccupied[5])
- S. corniculatum of Hiern refers to an unidentifiable species of Lycianthes.
- Solanum cornigerum E.André
- S. cornigerum of Dunal in de Candolle is now S. viscosissimum.
- Solanum globiferum Dunal
- Solanum mammosum var. corniculum Ridl.
- Solanum mamosissimum Ram.Goyena
- Solanum platanifolium Sims
- S. platanifolium var. lagoense is the Solanum affine of Otto Sendtner.
- Solanum villosissimum Zuccagni
In addition, the name Solanum mammosum was also invalidly given to other nightshade species:[4]
- S. mammosum as described by J.A. Pavón Jiménez based on Dunal in de Candolle refers to S. circinatum.
- S. mammosum as described by W. Herbert based on Dunal in de Candolle is the S. torvum of O.P. Swartz.
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References
- Botanical.com (1995): – Nightshade, Woody. Retrieved 2008-SEP-26.
- Lans, Cheryl; Harper, Tisha; Georges, Karla & Bridgewater, Elmo (2001): Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad. BMC Complement. Altern. Med. 1: 10. doi:10.1186/1472-6882-1-10 PDF fulltext
- Solanaceae Source (2006): Solanum mammosum. Version of 2006. Retrieved 2008-SEP-26.
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