# Solanum arundo

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{{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](/source/Africa) and [India](/source/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](/source/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.
}}

== References ==
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arundo
Category:Flora of Africa
Category:Flora of India (region)

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