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Taxon:  Solanum violaceum Ortega



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Leptostemonum
Section:
Melongena
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
438920
Place of publication:
Nov. pl. descr. dec. 5:56. 1798
Verified:
11/23/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Solanum kurzii Brace ex Prain
Solanum sanitwongsei Craib
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Reference(s)
  1. Collonnier, C. et al. 2001. Applications of biotechnology in eggplant. Pl. Cell Tissue Organ Cult. 65:91-107.
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  3. Hepper, F. N. 1978. Systematic notes on the Solanaceae. Typification and name changes of some Old World Solanum species. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76:287-292.
  4. Humbert, J.-H., ed. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. 1936-
  5. Isshiki, S. & N. Kawajiri. 2002. Effect of cytoplasm of Solanum violaceum Ort. on fertility of eggplant (S. melongena L.). Sci. Hort. 93:9-18.
  6. Levin, R. A. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among the "spiny solanums" (Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93:157-169.
  7. Li, H. L. et al., eds. Flora of Taiwan. 1975-1979
  8. PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
  9. Vorontsova, M. et al. 2013. African spiny Solanum (subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae): a thorny phylogenetic tangle. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:[in press].
  10. Weese, T. L. & L. Bohs. 2010. Eggplant origins: out of Africa, into the Orient. Taxon 59:49-56.
  11. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
Transcribed Chinese
ci tian qie –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Philippines
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):459.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=438920. Accessed 2 August 2025.


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