Description

Solanum mammosum, commonly known as nipplefruit, fox head, cow's udder, or apple of Sodom, is an inedible Pan-American tropical fruit. The plant is grown for ornamental purposes, in part because of the distal end of the fruit's resemblance to a human breast, while the proximal end looks like a cow's udder. It is an annual in the family Solanaceae, and part of the genus Solanum, making the plant a relative of the eggplant, tomato, and potato. This poisonous fruit is native to South America, but has been naturalized in Southern Mexico, Greater Antilles, Central America, and the Caribbean. The plant adapts well to most soils, but thrives in moist, loamy soil.

The plant has thin simple leaves occurring in alternating branching patterns with prominent venation. Hairy thorns cover the stem and branches of the plant. The inflorescence contains five to eight purple elongating buds. The fruit is a berry type, and has waxy yellow skin with reddish-brown seeds. The plant is propagated by the distribution of seeds.

Whole Genomes

Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Solanum mammosum

• Solanum mammosum gwh_assembly DZL586

S genes

Solanum mammosum gwh_assembly DZL586 S genes

Query	Contig	Size(bp)	Coordinates	BLASTn Hit	BLASTn %ID	Domain
SLF7Ψ	GWHBKBW00000069	14320617	8970370-8969201	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF7	89.1	-
SLF11Ψ	GWHBKBW00000069	14320617	11752600-11751432	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF11	87.2	-
SLF15	GWHBKBW00000105	7864763	1173444-1174709	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF15	85.2	F-box domain
SLF16Ψ	GWHBKBW00000105	7864763	2790424-2789256	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF16	86.9	-
SLF19Ψ	GWHBKBW00000141	14071746	13940179-13941296	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF19	90.5	-
SLF18	GWHBKBW00000370	2863776	37580-36465	Solanum tuberosum DM8.1, SLF18-2	86.4	F-box domain

Downloads

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

CDS and Protein (FASTA file)

S-gene_Solanum_mammosum

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.