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{{Taxobox
{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Solanaceae
| name = ''Solanum sessiliflorum''
|genus=Solanum
| image = solanumsessiliflorumsmall.jpg
|species=sessiliflorum
| image_caption = Small cocona seedling, a few months old
|common_name=Cocona
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| divisio = [[flowering plants|Tracheobionta]]
|habit=shrub
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| subclassis = [[Asteridae]]
|Max ht box=7
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
|Max ht metric=ft
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| genus = ''[[Solanum]]''
|Max wd box=4
| species = '''''S. sessiliflorum'''''
|Max wd metric=ft
| binomial = ''Solanum sessiliflorum''
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| binomial_authority = [[Dunal]]
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=edible, fruit
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=10
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=12
|image=Solanum sessiliflorum 2.jpg
|image_width=180
}}
}}
'''''Solanum sessiliflorum''''' or '''Cocona''' is a tropical shrub belonging to the [[Solanaceae]] family. The cocona plant has sturdy branches and huge, serrate and hairy leaves. Its flowers are like large potato flowers, with light green petals. The [[fruit]] of cocona is a red, orange or yellow edible [[berry]]. Cocona hails from [[South America]], where it is occasionally cultivated to be used for human consumption.
Cocona can also be grown as an indoor [[ornamental plant]] in colder areas, but it seems to be quite sensitive to [[spider mite]]s, so care should be taken not to keep it in too dry air during winter. During summer, it can be grown outside or in a cold greenhouse. Cocona plant cannot tolerate frost.
Described on the Discovery Channel show ''Survivorman'' while in the Amazon Jungle in late 2007, they were said to provide a "flavor explosion," with a taste between a lemon and a tomato.
''[[Solanum georgicum]]'' and ''[[Solanum hyporhodium]]'' were (and sometimes still are) included in this species, but they are generally treated as distinct today.<ref name = ss2005 />
==Cultivation==
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==Gallery==
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File:Solanum sessiliflorum 1.jpg| photo 1
File:Cocona.JPG| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
== External links ==
==External links==
* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/cocona.html Fruits of Warm Climates]
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