Summary ²

Solanum viarum, the tropical soda apple, is a perennial shrub native to Brazil and Argentina with a prickly stem and prickly leaves. The fruit is golf-ball-sized with the coloration of a watermelon. It is considered an invasive species in the lower eastern coastal states of the United States and recently on the Mid North Coast of Australia. Seen in the Southern Peninsula area of Cape Town as of 1 November 2014.

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1. (c) J. Jeffrey Mullahey, University of Florida, Bugwood.org, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solanum_viarum_fruit.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_viarum

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