Plants Profile for Solanum viarum (tropical soda apple)

General Information
Symbol:	SOVI2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Solanaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Subshrub
Native Status:	L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Mark A. Garland. United States, FL, Alachua Co., Carr Farm, west of Micanopy. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Solanaceae – Potato family
Genus	Solanum L. – nightshade
Species	Solanum viarum Dunal – tropical soda apple

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
United States: tropical soda apple Noxious weed
Alabama tropical soda apple Class A noxious weed
Arizona tropical soda apple Prohibited noxious weed
California tropical soda apple Quarantine
Florida tropical soda apple Noxious weed
Massachusetts tropical soda apple Prohibited
Minnesota tropical soda apple Prohibited noxious weed
Mississippi tropical soda apple Noxious weed
North Carolina tropical soda apple Class A noxious weed
Oregon tropical soda apple Quarantine
South Carolina tropical soda apple Plant pest
Tennessee tropical soda apple Plant pest
Texas tropical soda apple Noxious plant
Vermont tropical soda apple Class A noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Solanum viarum tropical soda apple This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
US	USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). 2012. Federal noxious weed list (1 February 2012). USDA, APHIS, PPQ. Washington, DC.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
FLEPPC	Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
SEEPPC	Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status