Solanum catilliflorum

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|genus = Solanum

|species = catilliflorum

|authority = Anderson et al., 2006

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Solanum catilliflorum is an evergreen vine in the family Solanaceae.{{cite journal|last1=Anderson|first1=G. J.|last2=Martine|first2=C. T.|last3=Prohens|first3=J.|last4=Nuez|first4=F.|title=Solanum Perlongistylum and S. Catilliflorum, New Endemic Peruvian Species of Solanum, Section Basarthrum, Are Close Relatives of the Domesticated Pepino, S. Muricatum|journal=Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature|volume=16|issue=2|year=2006|pages=161–7|issn=1055-3177|doi=10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[161:SPASCN]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=85629504 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/37293}} It is endemic to Peru, and is a close relative of Solanum muricatum, the domesticated pepino. It bears small, dish-shaped flowers (thus named catilli-florum: Latin for "dish" and "flower") and is self-compatible and autogamous, with short styles like those that characterize all self-compatible species in this group. It also has a low pollen:ovule ratio, which is characteristic of self-compatible species in the group. It is diploid at n  =  12. Together with Solanum perlongistylum, it might be an allopatric variant of S. caripense.