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Porcupine tomato
Solanum pyracanthos
About
Solanum pyracanthos, also known as the porcupine tomato, is an evergreen shrub native to tropical Madagascar. It belongs to the genus Solanum, a diverse and cosmopolitan genus with over 1,500 species including the tomato, potato and nightshades.
- Family
- Solanaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Solanum pyracanthos
- Slug
- solanum-pyracanthos
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
- Species
- pyracanthos
- Wikidata QID
- Q2162537
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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