Solanum torvum
naturalizedSolanaceae

Solanum torvum

Turkey Berry

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Solanum torvum is a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant. Grafted plants are very vigorous and tolerate diseases affecting the root system, thus allowing the crop to continue for a second year.

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Seasonality

Only 7 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 55 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 147 · GBIF 125 records
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 35 · GBIF 20 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 14 · GBIF 13 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 11 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 12 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Mokulēʻia 2 · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 1 ✓
West Honomāʻele · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kaluanui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahoahuna, Paʻana · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Alaeakila, Kaapahu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kualoa 2 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaupakuea, Makea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuanui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
West Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kuiaha · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻakepa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Papaʻanui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaimū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓