Solanaceae
Solanum

Solanum betaceum Cav.

First published in Anales Hist. Nat. 1: 44 (1799)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food and a medicine and for dessert and food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Angola, Assam, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Great Britain, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, India, Italy, Jamaica, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Niue, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bikandu, B., Lukoki, F. & Habari, J.P. (2020). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi) Solanaceae: 1-162. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • PBI Solanum Project (2014-continuously updated). Solanaceae Source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family http://www.solanaceaesource.org/.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Florez-Cárdenas, G., Núñez-Izquierdo, O. L., Núñez-Izquierdo, M. M., Ramírez-Mesa, M., & Zusunaga-Quintana, J. A. (2010). 100 Plantas útiles del páramo del Rabanal: Guía para comunidades rurales. Bogotá: Instituto Alexander von Humboldt - CAR - Corpoboyac
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or
  • Romero Castañeda, R. (1961). Plantas útiles de Colombia. Volumen I. San Juan Eudes, Bogotá.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Ann. Hist. Nat. 1: 44 (1799).
  • Taxon 44: 584 (1995). TAB. 14.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bikandu, B., Lukoki, F. & Habari, J.P. (2020). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi) Solanaceae: 1-162. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Mao, A.A., Odyuo, N., Verma, D. & Singh, P. (2017). Checklist of Flora of Nagaland: 1-196. Botanical Survey of India.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Anal. Hist. Nat. 1: 44 (1799)
  • Dunal, Hist. Solanum: 169 (1813)
  • F.Z. 8(4): 75 (2005).
  • Gen. Hist. Dichl. Pl. 4: 108 (1837)
  • Hort. Kew, ed. 2(1): 400 (1810)
  • Icon. 6: 15, t. 524 (1800)
  • Rev. Hort.: 150 (1880)
  • Solanaceae IV: 293 (1999)
  • Synopsis: 7 (1816)
  • Taxon 44: 584 (1995)

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2004 Jacobs, M. [4440] K000096574 Yes
May 1, 2004 Glaziou [7789], Brazil K001058085 Yes
May 1, 2004 Frodin, D.G. [657] K000096575 Yes
May 1, 2004 Clute, W.N. [220], Jamaica K000096569 Yes
May 1, 2004 Johnson, L. [8350], Australia K000096577 Yes
May 1, 2004 Gay, H. [20945], New Caledonia K000096578 Yes
May 1, 2004 Afriastini, J.J. [772] K000096573 Yes
May 1, 2004 Tweedie [s.n.] K001058084 Yes
May 1, 2004 Hernández, A.C. [49], Mexico K000096542 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil K000195203 Unknown type material Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001168404 Yes
Raynal, T. [20565], Rwanda K001155899 Yes
Loveridge, M.V. [243], Uganda K001157071 Yes
Strey, R.G. [10907], South Africa K001159003 Yes
Goudot [101] K001163045 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [7818], Ecuador K001163049 Yes
Solomon, J.C. [11227], Bolivia K001163057 Yes
Solomon, J.C. [14408], Bolivia K001163060 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [3094], Uganda K001157065 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [95189] K001163048 Yes
Wendelberger [34], Uganda K001157070 Yes
s.coll [7272], Indonesia K001168397 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [D721], Uganda K001157067 Yes
Eggers, H. [15069], Ecuador K001163050 Yes
Streimann, H. [8710], Papua New Guinea K001153715 Yes
Stauffer, H.U. [537], Congo K001155897 Yes
Wild, H. [2034], Zimbabwe K001158458 Yes
Martin, R. [1727], Peru K001163052 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001168409 Yes
Wilde, W.J.J.O. de [10241] K001168400 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [s.n.], Uganda K001157066 Yes
Solomon, J.C. [11050], Bolivia K001163059 Yes
Venugopal, N. [22422] K001168395 Yes
s.coll [94289] K001157060 Yes
Bang, A.M. [2337], Bolivia K001163055 Yes
Wild, H. [2034], Zimbabwe K001158457 Yes
Chase, M.W. [12267K], Guatemala K001168402 Yes
Loveridge, M.V. [207], Uganda K001157074 Yes
Cabrera, A.L. [27868], Argentina K001167945 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001163046 Yes
Morton, J.K. [K852], Cameroon K001155898 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [2408], Tanzania K001157063 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [25355], Bolivia K001163054 Yes
Sigara [297], Tanzania K001157062 Yes
Holton, I.F. [s.n.], Colombia K001163043 Yes
Vink, W. [16343], Papua New Guinea K001168398 Yes
Loveridge, M.V. [243], Uganda K001157069 Yes
s.coll [4418], India K001168399 Yes
Sigara [297], Kenya K001157059 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001168406 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [17583], Tanzania K001157064 Yes
Loveridge, M.V. [207], Uganda K001157072 Yes
Herb Gay, J. [s.n.] K001168410 Yes
Bruijn, J. de [1439], Venezuela K001163047 Yes
Loveridge, M.V. [207], Uganda K001157073 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] K001168408 Yes
Strey, R.G. [10907], South Africa K001159002 Yes
s.coll [H2445/61], United Kingdom K001168411 Yes
Nee, M. [38493], Bolivia K001163058 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001168403 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [6433], Ecuador K001163042 Yes
s.coll [H2445/61], United Kingdom K001168412 Yes
Kalbreyer, W. [1019], Colombia K001163044 Yes
Solomon, J.C. [14408], Bolivia K000441080 Yes
Klug, G. [4192], Peru K001163053 Yes
Sperling, C.R. [5406], Bolivia K001163056 Yes
Silva, M. de [3421], Angola K001029817 Yes
McLean [s.n.], Peru K001168401 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [16860], India K001168396 Yes
Wild, H. [2034], Zimbabwe K001158456 Yes
Gay, H. [20945], New Caledonia K001155369 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001168407 Yes
Loveridge, M.V. [243], Uganda K001157068 Yes
Beaman, J.H. [9453], Malaysia K001153395 Yes
Friis, I. [2187], Ethiopia K001156081 Yes
Little Jr., E.L. [6173], Ecuador K001163051 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [2408], Kenya K001157061 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [924], Cameroon Cyphomandra betacea K000212619 No
Oct 1, 2003 Ghogue, J.-P. [1041], Cameroon Cyphomandra betacea K000212622 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Onana, J.-M. [1803], Cameroon Cyphomandra betacea K000212620 Yes
Oct 1, 2003 Biye, E. [79], Cameroon Cyphomandra betacea K000212621 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Biye, E. [34], Cameroon Cyphomandra betacea K000109664 No
Feb 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [3603], Cameroon Cyphomandra betacea K000339144 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [721], Uganda Cyphomandra betacea 2535.000 No
Cyphomandra betacea 7102.000 No

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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