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Solanum mucronatum

"Solanum mucronatum"
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Lycianthes?
Species: undetermined
Binomial name
"Solanum mucronatum"
O.E.Schulz

"Solanum mucronatum" (sometimes called "pepino", which usually refers to S. muricatum) is a flowering plant species in the nightshade family (Solanaceae). It probably belongs to those species formerly in Solanum but nowadays placed in Lycianthes, though its exact identity and name remain undetermined.

It is an annual shrub that is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant. It is also endangered due to habitat loss.



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