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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Solanum sessiliflorum''
| image = solanumsessiliflorumsmall.jpg
| image_caption = Small cocona seedling, a few months old
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plants|Tracheobionta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Asteridae]]
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Solanum]]''
| species = '''''S. sessiliflorum'''''
| binomial = ''Solanum sessiliflorum''
| binomial_authority = [[Dunal]]
}}
'''''Solanum sessiliflorum''''' or '''cocona''' is a tropical plant 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.
[[Botanical synonym]]s include ''Solanum hyporhodium'' A. Br. & Bouché and ''Solanum topiro'' HBK.
== External links ==
* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/cocona.html Fruits of Warm Climates]
[[Category:Solanum]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Solanum sessiliflorum''
| image = solanumsessiliflorumsmall.jpg
| image_caption = Small cocona seedling, a few months old
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plants|Tracheobionta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Asteridae]]
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Solanum]]''
| species = '''''S. sessiliflorum'''''
| binomial = ''Solanum sessiliflorum''
| binomial_authority = [[Dunal]]
}}
'''''Solanum sessiliflorum''''' or '''cocona''' is a tropical plant 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.
[[Botanical synonym]]s include ''Solanum hyporhodium'' A. Br. & Bouché and ''Solanum topiro'' HBK.
== External links ==
* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/cocona.html Fruits of Warm Climates]
[[Category:Solanum]]
