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| color = lightgreen

|familia=Solanaceae

| name = Nipplefruit

|genus=Solanum

| image = Solanum mammosum.jpg

|species=mammosum

| image_width = 200px

|common_name=Nipple fruit

| image_caption = Solanum mammosum

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| regnum = [[Plant]]ae

|habit=herbaceous

| divisio = [[flowering plants|Tracheobionta]]

|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]

|Max ht box=5

| subclassis = [[Asteridae]]

|Max ht metric=ft

| ordo = [[Solanales]]

|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| familia = [[Solanaceae]]

|Max wd box=3

| genus = '''''Solanum'''''

|Max wd metric=ft

| species = '''''S. mammosum'''''

|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| binomial = ''Solanum mammosum''

|exposure=sun

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|image=Buahapaini.jpg

|image_width=240

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The '''''Solanum mammosum''''', known as '''nipplefruit''', '''titty fruit'''[http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/nipple_fruit.htm], '''Cow's Udder''', '''Apple of Sodom''' or '''Pichichio''' (in Costa Rica), is an [[Annual plant|annual]] to [[perennial plant]] in the [[Solanaceae]] family, part of the [[Solanum]] or nightshade genus, and a close relative of the [[tomato]]. The poisonous fruit is native [[South America]], but has been naturalized in the [[Greater Antilles]], [[Central America|Central]] and [[Caribbean]].  

'''''Solanum mammosum''''' is commonly known as '''Nipplefruit''', '''Titty Fruit''', '''Cow's Udder''', or, ambiguously, '''"[[Apple of Sodom (disambiguation)|Apple of Sodom]]"'''<ref>Trade Winds Fruit: [http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/nipple_fruit.htm Nipple Fruit]</ref>. The Japanese call it '''Fox Face'''. It is an [[Annual plant|annual]] to [[perennial plant]] in the [[Solanaceae]] family, part of the ''[[Solanum]]'' or nightshade genus, and a relative of the [[tomato]] and [[potato]]. This [[poisonous fruit]] is native to [[South America]], but has been [[Introduced species|naturalized]] in the [[Greater Antilles]], [[Central America]] and [[Caribbean]].  

The fruit is grown for ornamental purposes, in part because of its resemblance to a human breast. It is reputed to have [[Medicine|medicinal]] use in various treatments, from [[athlete's foot]] [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/1/10] to irritability and restlessness [http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/n/nighwo06.html], and is sometimes used as a detergent. It is imported to [[Taiwan]] for use as a religious offering.

The plant is grown for ornamental purposes, in part because of the [[distal]] end of the  fruits resembling to a human [[breast]], while the [[proximal]] end looks like a cow's [[udder]].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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==References==

==References==

* [http://www.hear.org/pier/species/solanum_mammosum.htm Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry]

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