Local Names of plants of the genus Jaltomata (Solanaceae)
revised Apr 2023
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The information on this page may be cited as a communication with professor Thomas Mione,
Central Connecticut State University, Biology Department, Copernicus Hall, 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, Connecticut 06050-4010, United States of America.
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Jaltomata species

local name species
country
primary political unit collector & #
year of specimen collection
source  
shuplac J. aija Peru Ancash A. Lopez M. et al 7601 (US)
1970
herbarium specimen  
musho J. aija Peru Ancash S. Leiva G., T. Mione & L. Yacher 2133 (F, herbarium of T. Mione)
1998
herbarium specimen  
uyma (Quechua)

frutilla (Spanish)
J. aija Peru Ancash T. Mione, S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher 863; S. Leiva G., T. Mione & L. Yacher 5892
2015
field notes  
               
tomate de zorro J. alviteziana Peru Cajamarca S. Leiva G. et al. 2411, 2412
2000
Leiva G. 2006  
               
tomatito J. aricapampae Peru La Libertad S. Leiva G. et al. 3345 2005 Leiva G. et al. 2016  
               
sangre de toro J. aspera Peru Lima A. Granda & J. Alegría 1254
1994
herbarium specimen  
sangre de toro J. aspera Peru Lima A. Granda & J. Alegría 926
1993
herbarium specimen  
lagrima de la virgen J. aspera Peru Lima A. Weberbauer 1587
1902
protologue of Saracha lacrima-virginis  
shucullmay J. aspera Peru Lima G. Vilcapoma 2950
1994
herbarium specimen  
chucrume J. aspera Peru Lima       Vilcapoma Segovia 2007
 
sogorome J. bernardelloana Peru La Libertad S. Leiva G. et al. 578
1992
herbarium specimen  
sogorome J. bernardelloana Peru La Libertad S. Leiva G. 786
1993
herbarium specimen  
sogorome J. bernardelloana Peru La Libertad S. Leiva G. et al. 988
1994
herbarium specimen  
sogorome J. bernardelloana Peru La Libertad S. Leiva G. et al. 1190
1994
herbarium specimen  
sogorome de la castilla J. bernardelloana Peru La Libertad S. Leiva G. 1980
1997
herbarium specimen  
 
antayroma J. bicolor Peru Lima G. Vilcapoma 16 (G)
1972
herbarium specimen  
antayroma J. bicolor Peru Lima G. Vilcapoma 2815 (MOL)
1993
herbarium specimen  
apocali J. bicolor Peru Lima T. Mione, S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher 880 = S. Leiva G., T. Mione & L. Yacher 6080
2016
field notes  
lantairuma

capuí
J. bicolor Peru Lima S. Leiva G., T. Mione & L. Yacher 2123 (F, herbarium of T. Mione)
1998
herbarium specimen  
antarupa, guayaco, antayroma, shucullmay, capulí J. bicolor Peru Lima       Vilcapoma Segovia 2007
 
tomatillo cimarron
J. biflora Peru Junín     protologue  
tomate cimaron J. biflora Peru Junín     type specimen  
capulí silvestre
capulí de campo
J. biflora Peru Junín Daniel Mugaburu 5 & 6
1996
herbarium specimen  
               
musho J. cajacayensis Peru Ancash T. Mione, S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher 624
1998
Mione et al. 2000  
 
canamuela J. cajamarca Peru Cajamarca S. Leiva et al. 1999
1997
herbarium specimen; Mione & Coe 1996  
               
Sangre de toro J. calliantha Peru La libertad S. Leiva et al. 3155; Leiv
2005
herbarium specimen; Leiva et al. 2010.  
               
"metárusi"
"me'táresi"
J. chihuahensis Mexico Chihuahua     Mione & Bye 1996  
               
tomatito chico J. chotanae Peru Cajamarca S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 3628, 3630
2007
Leiva et al. 2007  
ojo de pollo specimen filed by J. chotanae until identified with certainty Peru Cajamarca S. Llatas & J. Laos 698 (NY)
1981
herbarium specimen  
               
"frutilla" "uvilla" "mortiño blanco" J. cuyasensis Peru Piura V. Quipuscoa S. et al. 725 (HAO)
1996
herbarium specimen  
"nortiño" J. cuyasensis Peru Piura S. Leiva et al. 2025 (HAO)
1997
herbarium specimen  
               
Yoloxóchitl J. darycyana Mexico Guerrero J. D. Amith et al. 1858
2010
plant grown for study by Mione  
Cachumba J. darcyana Mexico   G. B. Hinton 8056 (GH) 1935 herbarium specimen  
"Pacheca" o
"pitzecua"
J. darcyana Mexico Jalisco L. Robles 600 (WIS) 1988 herbarium specimen  
pichueca J. darcyana United States Chicago John Taylor (s.n.) 2018    
               
mushurungo J. dendroidea Peru La Libertad Leiva et al. 2007
2007
   
"shampuy" J. dendroidea Peru La Libertad Arnaldoa 14(2): 237. 2007
2007
  J. dendroidea as J. tayabambae
               
shucullmay J. dentata Peru Lima G. Vilcapoma S. 112
1972
herbarium specimen  
antarupa J. dentata Peru Lima T. Mione et al. 609
1998
specimen (Mione's herbarium)  
antayruma J. dentata Peru Lima T. Mione, S. Leiva G., & L. Yacher 881 = S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 6081
2016
field notes; specimens (Mione's herbarium)  
shucullmay J. dentata Peru Lima A. Granda 230
1991
specimen (Mione's herbarium)  
shucullmay J. dentata Peru Lima G. Vilcapoma S. 2167
1993
specimen (Mione's herbarium)  
shucullmay J. dentata Peru Lima       Vilcapoma Segovia 2007
               
sangresita J. estilopilosa Peru Amazonas S. Leiva et al. 5923 2015 herbarium specimen and Leiva et al. 2016  
               
canamuela J. glomeruliflora Peru Cajamarca S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 5711
2015
herbarium specimen;
Leiva, Mione & Yacher 2015
 
 
 
sogorome J. guillermo-guerrae
J. grandibaccata
Peru La Libertad S. Leiva, Mione & Yacher 2336  

herbarium specimen;
Leiva, Mione & Yacher 2008

 
sogorome J. grandibaccata.
J. guillermo-guerrae
Peru La Libertad Mione et al. 643 is Leiva G. et al. 2337   Mione's field notebook  
               
ahuaimantu J. herrerae Peru Cuzco F. L. Herrera 828 (US)
1925 or 1926
herbarium specimen  
ahuaimantu J. herrerae Peru Cuzco F. L. Herrera 2351 (F)
1929
herbarium specimen  
awaymanto J. herrerae Peru Cuzco G. R. Brunel 811
1973
herbarium specimen  
awilmantu, plant;
pukaruro, fruit
J. herrerae Peru Cuzco S. King et al. 114
1982
herbarium specimen  
yahuarmanto J. herrerae Peru Cuzco M. Hermann et al. 473
1990
herbarium specimen  
aguaymanto J. herrerae Peru Cuzco T. Mione et al. 801; S. Leiva G. et al. 4657
2010
specimen (Mione's herbarium)  
Chilto J. herrerae Bolivia La Paz R. Alvarez 92
1979
herbarium specimen  
               
cute cute J. huancabambae Peru Piura S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 5103 (HAO)
2011
herbarium specimen;
Leiva, Mione & Yacher 2013
 
               
ojo de gato J. incahuasina Peru Piura I. Sánchez Vega 5210 (F)
1990
herbarium specimen  
ayacsimonjero J. incahuasina Peru Lambayeque S. Llatas Quiroz 1307 (F)
1985
herbarium specimen  
lungay J. incahuasina Peru Piura S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 5101 (HAO)
2011
herbarium specimen;
Leiva, Mione & Yacher 2013
 
               
tomate de campo,
sogorome
J. lanata Peru Cajamarca T. Mione, S. Leiva & L. Yacher 835
2013
field intervew  
palqui J. lanata Peru Cajamarca     unpublished manuscript provided by Segundo leiva G. to T. M.  
               
canamuela J. leivae Peru Cajamarca S. Leiva & Sagástegui 1839 (F)
1996
herbarium specimen  
               
canamuela J. lezamae Peru Cajamarca A. Sagástegui A. & S. Leiva G. 12546 (NY)
1985
herbarium specimen  
               
sogorome J. "libertadii" Peru La Libertad T. Mione, S. Leiva & L Yacher 650; S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 2345
1999
field notes  
               
ubillos J. lojae Ecuador Loja L. Ellemann 66799 (NY)
1989
herbarium specimen  
uvilla J. lojae Ecuador Loja V. Van den Eynden & E. Cueva 342 (NY)
1995
herbarium specimen  
               
naranjita J. mionei Peru La Libertad S. Leiva & G. Salinas 1809 (herbarium of Thomas Mione)
1996
herbarium specimen  
               
mushurungo J. nigricolor Peru La Libertad     Leiva G., Mione & Yacher 2007  
               
sogorome J. paneroi Peru Cajamarca T. Mione et al. 705; S. Leiva G. et al. 3315
2005
information recorded by T. M. at the time of the collection  
               
pirpinillo J. parviflora Peru Cajamarca A. Sagástegui A., S. Leiva G. & Aquino 15863 (HAO)
1996
herbarium specimen  
               
"sogorome" J. pauciseminata Peru La Libertad T. Mione, S. Leiva & L Yacher 648; S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 2343 13 June 1999 interview with locals/field work and herbarium specimen  
               
"Jaltomata" J. procumbens Mexico Chihuahua R. A. Bye 9874 (MO) 14 October 1980 herbarium specimen  
pichueca J. procumbens Mexico Michoacan R. Bye & E. Linares 10200 (Mione 548)
1981
seeds and specimen label generously provided by R. B. to T. M.  
cacapoli J. procumbens Mexico Mexico T. Davis 1191
no data
typed notes generously provided by T. D. to T. M.  
"Jaltomate" J. procumbens Mexico Distrito Federal T. Mione 587
1994
   
"titiliates" J. procumbens Mexico Morelos R. Bye & E. Linares 10219 (Mione 456)
1981
seeds and specimen label generously provided by R. B. to T. M.  
numerous local names including "xaltotomatl" J. procumbens Mexico various states     Williams, 1985, pages 102, 106, 107, 110, 112  
"chichol ch'o" J. procumbens Mexico Chiapas C. Eber s.n. grown as Mione 401
C. Eber collected only seeds, no voucher was made in Chiapas  
"chichol ch'o" J. procumbens Mexico Chiapas
Breedlove & Laughlin 1993  
nombre Tzeltal: "wix mo'em" J. procumbens Mexico Chiapas E. Sántiz Cruz 759 (MO)
1988
herbarium specimen  
"Tomatillo" J. procumbens Guatemala El Quiché A. Molina R. & A. R. Molina 26617 (US)
1971
herbarium specimen  
cinco negros J. procumbens Guatemala Huehuetenango J. A. Steyermark 50771 (F, NY)
1942
herbarium specimen  
uva de monte J. procumbens Panama Chiriquí J. D. Dwyer 6961A (MO)
no data
herbarium specimen  
chuftanguemesha J. procumbens Colombia Putumayo M. L. Bristol 475 (GH, US)
1963
herbarium specimen  
chuftanguemesha J. procumbens Colombia Putumayo M. L. Bristol 1191 (COL, GH)
1963
herbarium specimen  
chuftanguemesha J. procumbens Colombia Putumayo M. L. Bristol 1328 (COL, GH)
1963
herbarium specimen  
               
ullma J. propinqua Peru Ancash T. Mione et al. 857
2015
information recorded by T. M. at the time of the collection spelling of local name by T. Mione
uyma J. propinqua Peru Ancash T. Mione et al. 865
2015
information recorded by T. M. at the time of the collection spelling of local name by S. Leiva G.
shucrume J. propinqua Peru Lima       Vilcapoma Segovia 2007
 
ihtikoyokkilit
ta:ltso:tsompi ta:lxo:xompi
J. repandidentata Mexico Puebla J. Amith 1363
2009
Jonathan Amith, personal communication  
"Jaltomate" J. repandidentata Mexico Jalisco G. Nieves 489 (WIS)
1988
herbarium specimen: no open flowers on WIS's specimen: identification tentative  
"Paypay zeal" J. repandidentata Mexico Chiapas A. Méndez Ton 6284 (MO)
1983
herbarum specimen  
"Madre jilete" J. repandidentata Guatemala Esquintla Muenscher 12479 (BH, F)
1937
herbarum specimen  
"yerba ishbolul" J. repandidentata Guatemala Quezaltenango J. A. Steyermark 35259 (US)
1939
herbarium specimen  
"mancha machete" J. repandidentata Nicaragua Granada T. Mione & F. Coe 555
1991
field work by T. M. & F. Coe  
"azullio" J. repandidentata Nicaragua Matagalpa T. Mione & F. Coe 551
1991
field work by T. M. & F. Coe  
"hierba mora" J. repandidentata Panama Cocle B. Hammel 4797 (MO)
1978
herbarium specimen  
"furi furica" J. repandidentata Ecuador Pichincha L. P. Kvist & L. Holm-Nielsen 40101 (NY)
4 Jun 1982
herbarium specimen no open flowers, so I am not certain that this is J. repandidentata.
"Uvilla" J. repandidentata Ecuador Pichincha H. H. Iltis & M. G. Iltis E-280 (WIS)
13 July 1977
herbarium specimen  
"mishunan negro" J. repandidentata Peru Amazonas V. Quipuscoa S. et al. 3194 (HUSA)
2004
herbarium specimen  
"hierba mora grande" J. repandidentata Peru Amazonas V. Quipuscoa S. et al. 2780 (HUSA )
2001
herbarium specimen  
"Mullaquita" J. repandidentata Peru San Martín J. Schunke V. 6144 (F )
2001
herbarium specimen  
               
"canamuela" J. sagastegui Peru Cajamarca A. Sagástegui A. et al. 9651 (NY)
1981
herbarium specimen  
"canamuela" J. sagastegui Peru Cajamarca A. Sagástegui A. et al. 15400 (F)
1994
herbarium specimen  
"canamuela" J. sagastegui Peru Cajamarca A. Sagástegui A. et al. 15451 (HAO, US)
1996
herbarium specimen  
"canamuela" J. sagastegui Peru Cajamarca S. Leiva G. & A. Sagástegui 1711 (HAO, US)
1995
herbarium specimen  
 
"tomatito" J. sanchez-vegae Peru Cajamarca     Leiva G., Mione & Yacher 2007  
               
"cuate" J. sanctae-martae Venezuela   Benítez de Rojas 6888   Benítez de Rojas 2010  
               
"tomatillo" J. sinuosa Colombia Cundinamarca J. G. Hawkes & H Garcia-Barriga 100
1948
herbarium specimen  
"tomatillo" J. sinuosa Ecuador Pichincha C. E. Cerón M. & R. Alarcón 3520
1988
herbarium specimen  
"mishuñan" J. sinuosa Peru Amazonas V. Quipuscoa S. et al. 3191
2004
herbarium specimen  
"tungay" J. sinuosa Peru Piura S. Leiva, N. Sawyer & V. Quipuscoa 2036 (HAO)
1997
herbarium specimen identified by S. Leiva as J. compressibacata  
"tomate"

"tomate silvestre"
J. sinuosa Peru La Libertad T. Mione et al. 848; Leiva G. et al. 5861
2015
field notes  
aguaimantu J. sinuosa Peru Apurimac C. Vargas C. 1422, also numberd as 9798
1939
herbarium specimen  
               
Ahuaimantu J. spooneri Peru Puno C. Vargas C. 1299 (CUZ)
1938
herbarium specimen  
Aguaymantai J. spooneri Peru Puno C. Vargas 9654 (G)
1938
herbarium specimen  
chilto J. spooneri Peru Puno T. Mione et al. 799; Leiva G. et al. 4655
2010
herbarium specimen  
               
sorogome J. ventricosa Peru La Libertad S. Leiva & P. Leiva 118 (HAO)
1990
herbarium specimen  
sogorome J. ventricosa Peru La Libertad S. Leiva & P. Leiva 329 (HAO)
1991
herbarium specimen  
sogorome J. ventricosa Peru La Libertad S. Leiva & P. Leiva 733 (F)
1991
herbarium specimen  
sogorome J. ventricosa Peru La Libertad     book: Leiva González et al. 2019  
sogorome J. ventricosa Peru La Libertad S. Leiva et al. 5900
Mione et al. 867
2015
herbarium specimen  
               
uchuva blanca J. viridiflora Colombia Caldas J. G. Hawkes 422 (K)
1948
herbarium specimen  
chantilly J. viridiflora     KØie 5258   herbarium specimen  
uvilla comun J. viridiflora Ecuador   Mione 458   herbarium specimen  
yerba-mora J. viridiflora     Luteyn 6476 & 6497   herbarium specimen  

uvilla de conejo

la vieja

J. viridiflora     Mexia 7586   herbarium specimen  
               
tomentito J. weberbaueri Peru Ancash M. Dillon et al. 3174 (US)
1983
herbarium specimen  
cunqui J. weberbaueri Peru Ancash S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 2135 (HAO)
1998
herbarium specimen  
ullma J. weberbaueri Peru Ancash T. Mione, S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher 862 = S. Leiva G., T. Mione & L. Yacher 5890
19 May
2015
field notes  
               
antaraura J. weigandiana Peru Huanuco T. Mione, S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher 873/874 = S. Leiva G., T. Mione & L. Yacher 6065 21 May 2016 field Notes Mione et al. 2018
               
 
sorogon J. yacheri Peru Cajamarca Mione et al. 737 (herbarium of Thomas Mione)
2007
herbarium specimen  
               
lampuxso J. yungayensis Peru Ancash Leiva et al. 2139
1998

herbarium specimen.
Mione et al. 2000

 
               
sogorome FIX
J. "hojas pequeñas" or J. yungayensis
Peru La Libertad T. Mione, S. Leiva & L Yacher 648; S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 2343
13 June 1999
field notes  
  The following was not placed alphabetically (above) because T. M. is evaluating whether or not J. tayabambae is a synonym of J. dendroidea            
mushurungo J. tayabambae Peru La Libertad S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 3352
2005
Leiva, Mione & Yacher 2007a  
shampuy J. tayabambae Peru La Libertad S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 3353
2005
Leiva, Mione & Yacher 2007a  
               
canamuela FIX, to be identified, green strip of paper sticking out in cabinet Peru Cajamarca Sagástegui et al. 14763
1992
herbarium specimen  
canamuela FIX, to be identified, green strip of paper sticking out in cabinet Peru Cajamarca A. Sagástegui 11410
1984
herbarium specimen  
"Sogorome" tentatively listed as J. tablachaca Peru La Libertad T. Mione et al. 649 = S. Leiva G. et al. 2342
1999
field notebook  
local name species
country
primary political unit collector & #
year of specimen collection
source  

 

Colmeiro (1871) gave the local name "Jaltomate de Méjico." Without seeing a voucher specimen I can only guess that the plant was one of the two most common species in Mexico, J. procumbens or J. repandidentata.

Messer (1978) gave the local names lo.bidzun and lobidzun (page 54) and lo bidzun (page 130) as being used for Jaltomata in Oaxaca, Mexico. At least two species J. procumbens and J. repandidentata, grow in Oaxaca, and so without seeing her voucher specimens I am unable to know which species she encountered.

Nee (1986) listed the following local names of Jaltomata "Acahualera, equelite, jaltomata, quelite cojudo, tomatillo" in Flora de Veracruz. He recognized only a single species, J. procumbens, but I have grown J. repandidentata from Veracruz and so I recognize two Jaltomata species from Veracruz, J. procumbens and J. repandidentata. Thus, the names Nee listed may apply to more than one species.

Laferriere (1991) gave the local name "tulusin" (J. procumbens) in Chihuahua, Mexico. I recognize two species from Chihuahua, Mexico. I have not seen Laferriere's vouchers, and thus, it is not know with certainty which species this common name is used for.

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