Definition of Solanum quitoense

1. Noun. Small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges.

Exact synonyms: Naranjilla
Group relationships: Genus Solanum, Solanum
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solanum Quitoense

Solanum burbankii
Solanum carolinense
Solanum commersonii
Solanum crispum
Solanum dulcamara
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanum giganteum
Solanum jamesii
Solanum jasmoides
Solanum macranthum
Solanum melanocerasum
Solanum melongena
Solanum nigrum
Solanum nigrum guineese
Solanum pseudocapsicum
Solanum quitoense
Solanum rostratum
Solanum tuberosum
Solanum wendlandii
Solanum wrightii
Solapur
Solar
Solar System
Solarian
Soldiers of God
Solea
Solea lascaris
Solea solea
Soledad
Soleidae

Literary usage of Solanum quitoense

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1885)
"solanum quitoense, Lamarck. Ecuador, Pern. A shrubby plant. The berries resemble small oranges in size, color and even somewhat in taste, ..."

2. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1888)
"solanum quitoense, Lamarck. Ecuador, Peru. A shrubby plant. The berries resemble small oranges in size, color, and even somewhat in taste, ..."

3. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"A shrubby species with egg-shaped edible berries, which are white with purple spots, and attain a length of 6 inches. solanum quitoense, Lamarck. ..."

4. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"The widest cotyledons noticed are those of solanum quitoense, which are broadly ovate and glandular-hairy on both surfaces. The cotyledons of species ..."

5. A Guide to Hayti by James Redpath (1861)
"... solanum quitoense, argemone mexicana, hibiscus trilo- bus, semson, loranthus americanus, vervain, lecythis grandiflora, ..."

6. Biotechnology: Forestry and Forest Products. Bibliography January 92-January 95 by Raymond Dobert (1995)
"Language: English Descriptors: Actinidia deliciosa; Annona; Tropical tree fruits; Solanum muricatum; solanum quitoense; Plant breeding; Genetics; ..."

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