G.U.Y-D Orange Pom Pom

Solanum named ‘G.U.Y-D Orange Pom Pom’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 15, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13429, the photograph of G.U.Y-D Orange Pom Pom printed in the patent.

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Abstract

A new and distinct variety of a member of the plant family Solanaceae, namely, Solanum sodomeum , also known as Solanum linnaeanum , and Solanum hermanii , commonly known as Apple of Sodom, Yellow Popola, or Dead Sea Apple, named ‘G.U.Y.-D Orange Pom Pom’, which is characterized by dark green spiny leaves, flowers borne in clusters of three or four, the flowers having white petals and bright yellow stamens, and globose fruits that are reddish-orange.

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Having thus described my invention, I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Apple of Sodom plant named “G.U.Y-D Orange Pom Pom” substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by a woody, perennial shrub of approximately one meter in height which can propagate from cuttings, and has dark green spiny leaves, flowers comprising five to six white petals and bright yellow stamens, with the flowers borne in clusters of three or four, and globose fruits colored reddish-orange having translucent grayish-yellow

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G.U.Y-D Orange Pom Pom

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