Solanum Viarum (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 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 coloring of a watermelon. It is sometimes considered an invasive species in the lower eastern coastal states of the United States and recently on the Mid North Coast of Australia. Solanum, the nightshades, horsenettles and relatives, is a large and diverse genus of annual and perennial plants.