Solanum linnaeanum
naturalizedSolanaceae

Solanum linnaeanum

Yellow Bitter-apple

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Solanum linnaeanum is a nightshade species known as devil's apple and, in some places where it is introduced, apple of Sodom. The latter name is also used for other nightshades and entirely different plants elsewhere.

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Seasonality

Only 15 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 39 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 127 · GBIF 108 records
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 62 · GBIF 46
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 11
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 8
Naholoku · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kalulu · LānaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kaʻā · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Auwahi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Nuʻu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keāliaaupuni · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kanaio · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalamaʻula · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kualapa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalua‘aha · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Mahana · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1