Summary
Place of publication:
Taxon 44:585. 1995
Verified:
11/29/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bohs, L. 2007. Phylogeny of the Cyphomandra clade of the genus Solanum (Solanaceae) based on ITS sequence data. Taxon 56:1012-1026.
- Bohs, L. 2007. Phylogeny of the Cyphomandra clade of the genus Solanum (Solanaceae) based on ITS sequence data. Taxon 56:1012-1026.
- Nee, M. 1999. Synopsis of Solanum in the New World. Solanaceae IV: advances in biology and utilization. 1999 294.
- PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Pringle, G. J. & B. G. Murray. 1991. Interspecific hybridisation involving the tamarillo, Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendt. (Solanaceae). New Zealand J. Crop Hort. Sci. 19:103-111.
- Pringle, G. J. & B. G. Murray. 1991. Interspecific hybridisation involving the tamarillo, Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendt. (Solanaceae). New Zealand J. Crop Hort. Sci. 19:103-111.
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Acre | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | La Paz | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Pando | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Antioquia | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Huila | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Narino | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Tolima | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Huanuco | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Junin | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | San Martin | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Oaxaca, Veracruz]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Acre]
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia [La Paz, Pando], Colombia [Antioquia, Huila, Narino, Tolima], Ecuador, Peru [Huanuco, Junin, San Martin]
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Human food | fruit | | Bohs, L. 1994. Cyphomandra (Solanaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 63:96. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=409863.
Accessed 15 December 2025.