''Solanum quadriloculatum'' is known under the (ambiguous) common names of "
bush tomato
Bush tomatoes are the fruit or entire plants of certain nightshade (''Solanum'') species native to the more arid parts of Australia. While they are quite closely related to tomatoes (''Solanum lycopersicum''), they might be even closer relatives ...
" or (in
Australia) "
wild tomato
''Lycopersicon'' was a genus in the flowering plant family Solanaceae (the nightshades and relatives). It contained about 13 species in the tomato group of nightshades. First removed from the genus ''Solanum'' by Philip Miller in 1754, its remov ...
". It is a small fruiting shrub in the family
Solanaceae. It was, and occasionally still is, included in ''
S. ellipticum'' by some authors. Generally, these two species of "bush tomatoes" are currently considered distinct.
It is native to Australia, where it is found primarily in shrubby eucalypt woodland and arid-zone shrublands.
[Bean (2006)]
References
Footnotes
* (2006): ''Solanum'' species of Eastern Australia &ndash
''Solanum quadriloculatum'' Version of 2006-OCT-08. Retrieved 2007-DEC-02.
*
007 Electronic Flora of South Australia &ndash
''Solanum quadriloculatum'' Retrieved 2007-DEC-02.
* (2005): &ndash
''Solanum quadriloculatum'' Version of March 2007. Retrieved 2008-SEP-25.
*
quadriloculatum
Eudicots of Western Australia
Flora of the Northern Territory
Flora of South Australia
Flora of Queensland
Flora of New South Wales
Solanales of Australia
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
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