The litchi tomato (Solanum sisymbriifolium) is a perennial herb with thick roots and erect, branched stems, lignified at the base, covered by a pubescence of simple hairs and stellate hairs with orange or reddish stingers up to 1.5 cm long. Leaves alternate, petiolate, with petioles 2 to 6 cm long, covered with stingers. Its flowers are white and its spherical, orange or reddish fruits, 10 to 12 mm in diameter and edible, very similar to tomato, for that reason it is known as "litchi tomato."

In addition, S. sisymbriifolium also has medicinal properties that have been studied in several research, such as those listed in this bibliography.

This plant is native to South America, but has been introduced in Central America, as well as in different parts of the world.

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• APURABA, S. A., SHAKHAWAT, H. B., MAIMA, M., FARUQ, H., FARJANA, K., ABU, T. and JAMALUDDIN
• 2013
• Analgesic, neuropharmacological, anti-diarrheal, and cytotoxic activities of the extract of Solanum sisymbriifolium (Lam.) leaves. Avicenna J Phytomed; Vol. 3 No. 4, pages 302–312.
  
  Available Online:
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4075724/

• CHAPARRO, M. L.
• 1990
• Contribución al conocimiento de la “guinda” (Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam). Floración-fructificación. Acta Biológica Colombiana. Vol. 2, No. 6. Pages 81-93.
  
  Available Online:
  https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/actabiol/article/view/25750/28518

• CHAUHAN, K., SHETH, N., RANPARIYA, V. and S. PARMAR
• 2010
• Anticonvulsant activity of solasodine isolated from Solanum sisymbriifolium fruits in rodents. Pharmaceutical Biology, Vol. 49, Issue 2.
  
  Available Online:
  www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/13880209.2010.508499

• COSA, M. T., HADID, M., DOTTORI, N. and G. BRUNO
• 2002
• Anatomía de órganos vegetativos en Solanum palinacanthum, S. sisymbriifolium y S. euacanthum (Solanaceae) Anales del Instituto de Biología. Serie Botánica, vol. 73, núm. 1, pp. 27-38. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Distrito Federal, México.
  
  Available Online:
  www.redalyc.org/pdf/400/40073103.pdf

• FERNÁNDEZ, G., ARRIETA, A. and M. MEZQUIDA
• 1997
• Control químico de Tutía (Solanum sisymbriifolium). CANGUE. Nota técnica, No. 11. Pages 10-11.
  Available Online:
  www.eemac.edu.uy/cangue/joomdocs/Cangue_11/10-11.pdf

• FERRER, A.
• 2019
• Estudio de los compuestos esteroidales de las hojas y frutos de Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam (Joá, Juá, Jurubeba), Solanaceae. Revista Cubana de Plantas Medicinales, Vol. 24, No. 3.
  
  Available Online:
  www.revplantasmedicinales.sld.cu/index.php/pla/article/view/793

• FERRO, E. A., ALVERENGA, N. L., IBARROLA, D. A., HELLIÓN, M. C. and A. G. RAVELO
• 2005
• A new steroidal saponin from Solanum sisymbriifolium roots. Fitoterapia. Vol. 76. Pages 577-579.
  
  Available Online:
  http://directorioacademico.revaconacyt.org/xmlui
  -directorioacademico/bitstream/handle/1234567
  89/164/2005%20a%20new%20steroidal%20sa
  ponin%20from%20solanum%20sisymbriifolium%
  20roots.pdf

• GLOBAL INVASIVE SPECIES DATABASE (GISD)
• 2015
• Species profile Solanum sisymbriifolium. 7 pages.
  
  Available Online:
  www.iucngisd.org/gisd/pdf.php?sc=1216

• GUPTA, V., SIMLAI, A., TIWARI, M., BHATTACHARYA, K. and A. ROY
• 2014
• Phytochemical contents, antimicrobial and antioxidative activities of Solanum sisymbriifolium. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 075-080.
  
  Available Online:
  www.researchgate.net/profile/Manish-Tiwari-11/publication/
  281146505_Phytochemical_contents_antimicrobial_and_antioxidative_
  activities_of_Solanum_sisymbriifolium/links/55d815bc08ae9d65948db
  378/Phytochemical-contents-antimicrobial-and-antioxidative-activities-
  of-Solanum-sisymbriifolium.pdf

• HADID, M., COSA, M. T., DOTTORI, N. and J. LISCOVSKY
• 2006
• Anatomía de la raíz de Solanum sisybriifolium (Solanaceae). Latin American Journal of Pharmacy. Vol. 26, No. 1. Pages 10-14.
  
  Available Online:
  www.latamjpharm.org/trabajos/26/1/LAJOP_26_1_1_2_0NYSQJ3GY1.pdf

• KUMAR, V., SIMLAI, A., TIWARI, M., BHATTACHARYA, K. and A. ROY
• 2014
• Phytochemical contents, antimicrobial and antioxidative activities of Solanum sisymbriifolium. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. Vol. 4, No. 3. Pages 75-80.
  
  Available Online:
  www.researchgate.net/profile/Manish_Tiwari20/publication/281146505_
  Phytochemical_contents_antimicrobial_and_antioxidative_activities_of_
  Solanum_sisymbriifolium/links/55d815bc08ae9d65948db378/Phytochemical
  -contents-antimicrobial-and-antioxidative-activities-of-Solanum-sisymbriifolium.pdf

• MARTÍNEZ, M., VARGAS, O., RODRÍGUEZ, A., CHIANG, F. and S. OCEGUEDA
• 2017
• Solanaceae family in Mexico. Botanical Sciences vol.95 no.1.
  
  Available Online:
  www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2007-42982017000100131

• SARKER, A., HOSSAN, S., MATIN, M., HOSSAIN, F., KHATUN, F. and A. TAIAB
• 2013
• Analgesic, neuropharmacological, anti-diarrheal, and cytotoxic activities of the extract of Solanum sisymbriifolium (Lam.) leaves. Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine. Vol. 3, No. 4. Pages 302-312.
  
  Available Online:
  http://ajp.mums.ac.ir/article_384_2052194a2c648aeedb519fbacb21f2f6.pdf

Suggested web pages
with photos and information on Solanum sisymbriifolium

www.biblioteca.unlpam.edu.ar/rdata/libro/html/l_trorec001/descripciones_
web_hz/Solanum_sisymbriifolium.htm
Information and photos

www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/plant_quarantine/alert_list_plants/solanum_sisymbriifolium
Information

http://rian.inta.gov.ar/atlasmalezas/atlasmalezasportal/DetalleMaleza.aspx?pagante=CXC&idmaleza=21996
Information

www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Solanum+sisymbriifolium
Information and photos.

http://eol.org/pages/581198/details
Information and photos.

www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2014/10/19/sticky-nightshade-solanum-sisymbriifolium
Photos.

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/solanum/sisymbriifolium
Photos.

www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-29600144
Synonyms.

www.gbif.org/species/2932184
Map location.

First posted, October , 2017