Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Solanum torvum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Source not recorded9 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Sw.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 47 (1788)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1788	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Pea eggplant	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Mexico to N. South America, Caribbean, E. Brazil	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	700 cm	700 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 214, 595, 882	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	berry	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Subshrub, Shrub, Tree	Subshrub, Shrub, Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	cyme · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	empty	No source recorded 1 earlier or rejected value Rejected 350 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 214, 595, 882 below the average height (700 cm) of the same record	Not on the record
Sexuality	andromonoecious	andromonoecious · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 365	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 365, 882	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record

Solanum torvum Sw., 1788 20% complete

Pea eggplant

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