Solanum aethiopicum L.

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Description: Fruit yellow, orange-red or red, (2)3-6(10) cm long, subglobose or ellipsoid, somewhat fleshy, (2)3(6)-locular.
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Literature:

Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Solanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(4) Page 69.

Ntore, S. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2020). Solanaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 43 - 46. (Includes a picture).

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Flora of the DRC: Solanum aethiopicum
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Solanum aethiopicum
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Solanum aethiopicum
Flora of Rwanda: Solanum aethiopicum
Flora of Rwanda: cultivated Solanum aethiopicum
Flora of Zambia: Solanum aethiopicum
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Solanum aethiopicum

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Solanum aethiopicum
African Plant Database: Solanum aethiopicum
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JSTOR Plant Science: Solanum aethiopicum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Solanum aethiopicum
Plants of the World Online: Solanum aethiopicum
Tropicos: Solanum aethiopicum
Wikipedia: Solanum aethiopicum


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The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Solanum aethiopicum.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/cult/species.php?species_id=173160, retrieved 20 May 2026

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