{{Short description|Plant species of the genus Solanum}} {{Speciesbox | image = Solanum Arundo overall view.jpg | image_caption = Overall view of a Solanum arundo plant. | genus = Solanum | species = arundo | authority = Mattei, 1908 }}
'''''Solanum arundo''''' is a plant species with distribution in Eastern Africa and India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Aubriot |first1=Xavier |last2=Knapp |first2=Sandra |date=June 2022 |title=A revision of the "spiny solanums" of Tropical Asia (Solanum, the Leptostemonum Clade, Solanaceae) |url=https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/79514/ |journal=PhytoKeys |language=en |issue=198 |pages=1–270 |doi=10.3897/phytokeys.198.79514 |pmid=36760991 |pmc=9849010 |issn=1314-2003 |doi-access=free |access-date=2022-12-06 |archive-date=2022-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206234922/https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/79514/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Description == It is a prickly shrub that stands from 2–6 meters tall, with purple flowers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SOLANUM arundo Mattei [family SOLANACEAE] on JSTOR |url=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.flora.flos002944 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=plants.jstor.org |doi= |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207024423/https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.flora.flos002944 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Solanum arundo Mattei {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:818326-1 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207094253/https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:818326-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> It produces yellow fruit.<ref name=":0" />
{{Gallery |title=Details of Solanum arundo |align=center |File:Solanum arundo flowers.jpg |The purple flowers of Solanum arundo |alt1=Close-up photograph of purple flowers with a yellow centre. |File:Solanum arundo leaves.jpg |The leaves of Solanum arundo |alt2=Close-up photograph of some leaves. }}
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arundo Category:Flora of Africa Category:Flora of India (region)
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