SPECIMEN / SOLANACEAE
Solanum pyracanthos
Porcupine Tomato
Origin to be documented
Solanum pyracanthos, also known as the porcupine tomato, is an evergreen shrub native to tropical Madagascar. It belongs to the genus Solanum, a diverse and cosmopolitan genus with over 1,500 species including the tomato, potato, and eggplant. The plant contains toxic tropane alkaloids in its leaves, stem and fruit and therefore should be considered dangerous to humans.
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- Botanical family
- Solanaceae
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