Plant Details

Accepted name:: Solanum aculeastrum subsp. aculeastrum [Solanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Solanum aculeastrum Dunal
Infraspecies:: Solanum aculeastrum subsp. thomsonii (C.H.Wright) P.-M.L.Jaeger

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitterappel	Other	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
goat apple	Other	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowers, fruits		Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Solanum aculeastrum var. albifolium (C.H.Wright) Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 16: 170 (1923).
Solanum aculeastrum var. conraui (Dammer) Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 16: 170 (1923).
Solanum aculeastrum var. exarmatum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 16: 169 (1923).
Solanum aculeastrum subsp. pachychlamys Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 16: 173 (1923).
Solanum aculeastrum var. parceaculeatum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 16: 169 (1923).
Solanum aculeastrum subsp. sapiaceum (Dammer) Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 16: 171 (1923).
Solanum albifolium C.H.Wright Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 127 (1894).
Solanum conraui Dammer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 242 (1912).
Solanum dregei C.Presl Bot. Bemerk.: 101 (1844).
Solanum dregei Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 288 (1852).
Solanum rugulosum De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 1: 433 (1922).
Solanum sapiaceum Dammer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 60 (1905).
Solanum saponaceum Welw. Apont.: 588 (1859), nom. illeg.
Solanum sodomeum Drège ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 367 (1852), not validly publ.
Solanum subhastatum De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 1: 437 (1922).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Solanum aculeastrum Dun. subsp. Aculeastrum	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)

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