Solanum erianthum D. Don

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 : 27

Solanum erianthum D. Don

GRIN Nomen number: 313893

Family: Solanaceae

Common Name: big eggplant (English), China flowerleaf (English), flannelbush (English), jian yan ye shu (Transcribed Chinese), potato-tree (English), tobacco-tree (English), wild tobacco (English), yabarunasubi (Japanese R maji).

Native: NORTHERN AMERICA - Southeastern U.S.A.: United States – southern Florida; South- Central U.S.A.: United States – Texas; Mexico; SOUTHERN AMERICA - Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Caribbean: Bahamas; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; Western South America: Colombia.

Naturalized: ASIA-TEMPERATE - China - China; Eastern Asia: Japan - Ryukyu Islands; Taiwan; ASIA-TROPICAL - Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Indo-China: Indochina; Malesia: Malaysia; AUSTRALASIA - Australia: Australia.

Field Infestation: Hardy 1973 ( Solanum verbascifolium ): From Malaya, B. latifrons was reared on S. verbascifolium . No infestation rate data given.

Listing Only: Allwood et al. 1999; Meksongsee et al. 1991 ( S. verbascifolium ); Liquido et al. 1994; Moiz et al. 1967 ( S. verbascifolium ); White and Elson-Harris 1992 ( S. verbascifolium ).

Solanum ferox auct. see Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal

Solanum ficifolium Ortega , see Solanum torvum Sw.