Solanum pseudocapsicum L.

McQuate, Grant T. & Liquido, Nicanor J., 2013, Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (289), pp. 1-61 : 35

Solanum pseudocapsicum L.

GRIN Nomen number: 101308

Family: Solanaceae

Common Name: falsche Jerusalemkirsche (German), false capsicum (English), false Jerusalemcherry (English), Jerusalem-cherry (English), Jerusalemkersie (Afrikaans), Jerusalemkirsche (German), korallbär (Swedish), Korallenstrauch (German), Madeira winter-cherry (English), Madeira-cherry (English), winter-cherries (English), winter-cherry (English).

Native: NORTHERN AMERICA - Northern Mexico: Mexico - San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas ; Central Mexico: Mexico - Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz ; SOUTH- ERN AMERICA - Mesoamerica : Guatemala ; Caribbean : Trinidad and Tobago ; Brazil: Brazil - Federal District, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo ; Western South America : Bolivia ; Ecuador ; Peru; Southern South America: Argentina – northern Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba , Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Tucuman ; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay.

Naturalized: AFRICA - Macaronesia : Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands; Southern Africa: Lesotho; South Africa; AUSTRALASIA - Australia: Australia; New Zealand: New Zealand; PACIFIC - North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii; SOUTHERN AMERICA - southern South America.

Cultivated: a glabrous form is most commonly cultivated in Macaronesia .

Field Infestation: Liquido et al. 1994: From July 1990 to October 1992, a total of 1,681 fruits (2.48 kg) was collected on Hawaii Island. Bactrocera latifrons was recovered from 3 of 13 collections (23.1%) with an overall infestation rate of 108.9 B. latifrons per kg of fruit.

Listing Only: Yong 1993.

Solanum sanitwongsei Craib , see Solanum violaceum Ortega

Solanum sarmentosum Sessé and Moc. , see Solanum dulcamaroides Poir.