Description

Solanum atropurpureum, commonly known as malevolence, purple devil and the five-minute plant, is a perennial herbaceous plant native to Brazil. S. atropurpureum contains various toxic tropane alkaloids in its fruit, stems, and leaves, and should not be ingested.

The plant is a small shrub growing 1.2 to 1.8 meters in height and 90 to 120 cm in width with ovate, spade shaped leaves 5 to 10 cm long when fully grown. It blooms yellow to white flowers in the late spring to mid summer, and produces small (1–2 cm wide) orange fruit. The fruit's juices can be irritating to the touch, so it is recommended that gloves be used when removing or handling. The plant is characterized by its purple stems, which are completely covered by striking purple and green thorns about 2 cm long, from which its common names are ostensibly derived. The plant is short lived with a 3 to 5-year lifespan.

The plant can be grown ornamentally, requiring full sun and modest water. The plant is known to grow in a wide variety of soils and can resist temperatures as low as −10 °C (14 °F) for a few days. Seeds can be harvested from the fruits, and stem cuttings can be used to grow the plant in about 10 to 20 days.

It is also known as a natural reservoir of the potato virus X.

Whole Genomes

Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Solanum atropurpureum

• Solanum atropurpureum gwh_assembly PI 305320 01

S genes

Solanum atropurpureum gwh_assembly PI 305320 01 S genes

Query	Chromosome	Size(bp)	Coordinates	BLASTn Hit	BLASTn %ID	Domain
SLF18	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	24647548-24646436	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF18-2	87.0	F-box domain
SLF5Ψ	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	55601006-55599837	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF5-2	87.4	-
SLF3Ψ	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	57931564-57932712	Petunia hybrida AB933014.1, S11-SLF3B	80.0	-
SLF3-2Ψ	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	57964387-57965535	Petunia hybrida AB933014.1, S11-SLF3B	80.1	-
SLF3-3Ψ	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	58001865-58003013	Petunia hybrida AB933014.1, S11-SLF3B	80.4	-
SLF7	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	60337943-60339112	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF7	90.4	F-box domain
SLF7-2	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	61543879-61542713	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF7	88.6	F-box domain
SLF9	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	70933661-70932504	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF9	83.0	F-box domain
SLF12	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	74544183-74545355	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF12	83.9	F-box domain
SLF5-2	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	86896401-86895223	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF5	84.1	F-box domain
SLF16	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	100108924-100110096	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF16	86.8	F-box domain
SLF15	GWHBKBL00000001	104982470	101316701-101317966	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF15	85.0	F-box domain

Downloads

The Solanum atropurpureum S gene sequences are available in FASTA format.

CDS and Protein (FASTA file)

S-gene_Solanum_atropurpureum

Publications

Wu Y, Li D, Hu Y, Li H, Ramstein GP, Zhou S, Zhang X, Bao Z, Zhang Y, Song B, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Gagnon E, Särkinen T, Knapp S, Zhang C, Städler T, Buckler ES, Huang S. Phylogenomic discovery of deleterious mutations facilitates hybrid potato breeding. Cell. 2023 May 25;186(11):2313-2328.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.04.008.