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Tropical Soda Apple
Description:
Tropical Soda Apple is a perennial broad-leaved weed with thorn-like prickles over the entire plant.
Immature fruit is green-striped, much like a watermelon.; mature fruit is bright yellow.
Problem:
This noxious weed has spread through more than 300,000 acres of pasture in less than 3 years, crowding out desirable forage species. By 1994 a total of 500,000 acres in Florida were infested. Intense control efforts are vital to help prevent the continued rapid spread of Tropical Soda Apple.
Habitat:
Pastures, fields, roadsides, ditch banks, and hammocks.
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