Solanaceae
Turkey berry
Solanum torvum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (32)
- ace
- Truëng Caw'ië
- Arabic
- التوت التركي, بانديجيرا
- arz
- سولانوم تورفوم
- Assamese
- ভেকুৰী তিতা
- Bangla
- তিত বেগুন
- bew
- Tekokak
- bjn
- Tarung tatar
- Burmese
- ကစော့သီး
- Chinese
- 水茄, 萬桃花水茄, 万桃花, 乌凉, 刺番茄, 刺茄, 天茄子, 山颠茄
- English
- Turkey berry, Devil's fig, Pea eggplant
- German
- Pokastrauch, Erbsenaubergine, Türkenbeere
- gor
- Huwala
- Haitian Creole
- Rapon
- Indonesian
- Takokak, Terong hutan
- Japanese
- スズメナス, スズメナスビ, セイバンナスビ, マクアプアン, 豆ナス
- Javanese
- Cepokak
- Kannada
- ಸುಂಡೆ
- kge
- Tiyung puri
- Malagasy
- Angivibe, Angivinamboa
- Malay
- Pokok Terung Pipit, Terung Pipit, Terung Pipit Putih, Terung Raya Wang, Terung Rembang
- Malayalam
- ആനച്ചുണ്ട
- min
- Rimbang
- mnw
- ခဍောၚ်ပရောက်၊ တၞံ
- nia
- Rimba
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇႁႅင်ႈ
- Sundanese
- Takokak
- Swedish
- Ärtaubergin
- Tamil
- சுண்டை
- Telugu
- ఉస్తికాయలు
- Thai
- มะเขือพวง
- Tongan
- Tisaipale
- Vietnamese
- Cà dại hoa trắng
Synonyms
- Solanum amoenum Jungh.
- Solanum campechiense Dunal
- Solanum crotonoides Michx. ex Dunal
- Solanum daturifolium Dunal
- Solanum daturifolium var. albescens Dunal
- Solanum daturifolium var. daturifolium
- Solanum grandifolium O.E.Schulz ex O.Schmidt
- Solanum heterophyllum Balb. ex Dunal
- Solanum largiflorum C.T.White
- Solanum macaonense Dunal
- Solanum maccai Bertero ex Dunal
- Solanum mammosum Herb. ex Dunal
- Solanum mammosum var. mammosum
- Solanum mannii C.H.Wright
- Solanum mannii var. mannii
- Solanum mayanum Lundell
- Solanum sanctum Jan ex Dunal
- Solanum torvum f. torvum
- Solanum torvum subsp. torvum
- Solanum torvum var. daturifolium (Dunal) O.E.Schulz
- Solanum torvum var. inerme (Nees) Dunal
- Solanum torvum var. integerrimum Kuntze
- Solanum torvum var. rubiginosum Sendtn.
- Solanum torvum var. sinuatolobatum Kuntze
- Solanum torvum var. torvum
- Solanum torvum var. typicum Hochr.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to November (from 568 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Plum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Meng-Ying Tsai, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kauaigems, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Greg III Espera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: luluchouette, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt B, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.