Solanaceae
Tropical soda apple
Solanum viarum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 毛果茄, 喀西茄, 热带刺茄
- English
- Tropical soda apple
- Kannada
- ಕಾಶಿಬದನೆ
- Telugu
- కాశీ వంగ, ఔషధ వంగ
Synonyms
- Solanum ambrosiacum Vell.
- Solanum chloranthum DC.
- Solanum khasianum var. chatterjeeanum Sengupta
- Solanum viridiflorum Schltdl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: G. Keith Douce, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Clyde Dowler, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.