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Fox Face/Nipplefruit/Mickey Mouse Plant

Solanum mammosum

Photo by Manilie
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Field Notes

Description:

Solanum mammosum is commonly known as Nipplefruit, Titty Fruit, Cow's Udder, or, ambiguously, "Apple of Sodom". It is an annual to perennial plant in the Solanaceae family, part of the Solanum or nightshade genus, and a relative of the tomato and potato. This poisonous fruit is native to South America, but has been naturalized in the Greater Antilles, Central America and Caribbean.

Habitat:

In thickets and waste places along the roads at low altitudes.
Cultivated in some gardens.
Propagated by seeds.

Notes:

Spotted at Eden Nature Park.

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