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Solanum torvum Sw.
turkey berry

   
Symbol: SOTO4
Group: Dicot
Family: Solanaceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree
Subshrub
Shrub
Native Status:  
  
  
  
  



Photograph of Solanum torvum Sw.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Italy.
 
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Synonyms:
Solanum torvum Sw.

  SOFI3 Solanum ficifolium Ortega
 

Distribution by State:
Solanum torvum Sw.

Distributional Map for Solanum torvum Sw.
Distribution Map Legend

Solanum torvum Sw. distribution:
USA (AL, FL, HI, MD), USA+ (PR, VI)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, FL, HI

 

Related Taxa:
Solanum torvum Sw.

42 genera in Solanaceae, 103 species in Solanum
 

Classification:
Solanum torvum Sw.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Asteridae
Order   Solanales
Family   Solanaceae – Potato family
Genus   Solanum L. – nightshade
Species   Solanum torvum Sw. – turkey berry
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Solanum torvum Sw.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

United States:
turkeyberry Noxious weed
Alabama:
turkeyberry Class A noxious weed
California:
turkeyberry Quarantine
Florida:
turkeyberry Noxious weed
Hawaii:
turkeyberry, terongan Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
turkeyberry Prohibited
Minnesota:
turkeyberry Prohibited noxious weed
North Carolina:
turkeyberry Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
turkeyberry Quarantine
South Carolina:
turkeyberry Plant pest
Vermont:
turkeyberry Class A noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Solanum torvum Sw.

bhankatiya
devil's fig
fausse aubergine
kausoni
prickly solanum
turkeyberry

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

US Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2006. Federal noxious weed list (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/weeds/weedlist2006.pdf, 24 May 2006). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
FLEPPC Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (http://www.fleppc.org/, 19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
WSWS Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Solanum torvum Sw.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.

 

 

 
Time Generated: 11/24/2009 10:25 AM MST