Solanum macrocarpon 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 : 31-32

Solanum macrocarpon L.

GRIN Nomen number: 102157

Family: Solanaceae

Common Name: African eggplant (English), afrikanische Aubergine (German), afrikansk äggört (Swedish), anghive (French), aubergine africaine (French), aubergine gboma (French), beringela Africana (Portuguese), berinjela africana (Portuguese), gboma (English), gboma (French), gboma eggplant (English), grosse anghive (French).

Cultivated: AFRICA - East Tropical Africa: Uganda; West Tropical Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, CoteD’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo; probable origin in western Africa; South Tropical Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe; ASIA-TROPICAL - Malesia: Indonesia, Malaysia; SOUTH- ERN AMERICA - Brazil: Brazil; Caribbean: Dominican Republic, West Indies; Northern South America: Suriname; Mesoamerica: Central America.

Field Infestation: Mwatawala et al. 2007: In October 2006, a total of 14 S. macrocarpon fruits (0.069 kg) was collected at Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, Tanzania. Eight B. latifrons were recovered for an infestation rate of 115.9 B. latifrons per kg fruit.

Mwatawala et al. 2009: Mostly after October 2006, a total of 173 fruits (30.82 kg) was collected in the Morogoro region of Tanzania. Bactrocera latifrons was recovered from 1 out of 29 collections (3%) with an overall average infestation rate of 0.52 emerged adults per kg fruit.

Mziray et al. 2010b: From March 2007 to March 2008, a total of 208 fruits (21.23 kg) was collected from the Morogoro region of Tanzania. Bactrocera latifrons was recovered in 3 of 42 collections (7.14%) with an overall infestation rate of 0.52 B. latifrons per kg of fruit (8.11 flies per kg infested fruits). (Given the common name “African eggplant” in the paper, but this common name is also attributed to Solanum aethiopicum and S. anguivi ).

Solanum macrodon Wall. ex Nees , see Lycianthes biflora (Lour.) Bitter