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*Solanum tampicense Dunal. Common name: Aquatic Soda Apple, Scrambling Nightshade, Aquatic Nightshade. Phenology: Feb-Dec. Habitat: Strand swamps, cypress domes, and other forested wetlands. Distribution: Native of Mexico, Central America, and West Indies.

ID notes: Solanum tampicense is a scandent shrub to 3 m long, climbing by yellow, recurved prickles 2-8 mm long.

Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl6, FNA14, K4, WH3. Basionym: Solanum tampicense Dunal 1852

Links to other floras: = Solanum tampicense - FNA14

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