Solanum viarum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Solanum viarum | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Binomial name | ||||||||||||||||
Solanum viarum |
Solanum viarum (Tropical Soda Apple) is a perennial shrub native to Brazil and Argentina with a thorny stock and thorny leaves. The fruit is golf ball sized with the coloring of a watermelon. It is sometimes considered an invasive species in the lower eastern coastal states of the United States.