Cyphomandra
Cyphomandra was a formerly accepted genus in the plant family Solanaceae. It used to contain about 35 species native to the Americas from Mexico southwards to Northern Argentina.
Recent authors have treated Cyphomandra as a clade within the genus Solanum rather than as a separate genus, uniting the members of the old genus with some other Solanum. This lineage is one among a group related to part of the traditional subgenus Leptostemonum. Thus, if it is preferred to retain the taxon, Cyphomandra is probably best considered a section in Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum.
Most grow as shrubs or small trees 2 or 3 metres in height. The best known species is the widely cultivated Tamarillo or tree tomato, but a number of the others are also cultivated as garden plants because of their attractive flowers or fruits. Several other species also have fruits that are edible when ripe, and yet others are used as dyestuffs or in folk medicine where they are native.
Species contained in the Cyphomandra clade, with their former specific epithets cited if they have significantly changed when moving to Solanum, are:Solanum allophyllum Standl.Solanum amotapense Svenson Solanum betaceum - Tamarillo, C. crassifolia J.F.Macbr., C. crassifolia Solanum cacosmum Bohs Solanum cajanumense Solanum calidum Bohs Solanum circinatum Bohs Solanum confusum C.V.Morton Solanum corymbiflorum Bohs Solanum cylindricum Vell. Sendtn. in Mart., C. subhastata Solanum diploconos Bohs Dunal in DC., C. fragrans Solanum diversifolium Dunal Solanum endopogon BohsSolanum exiguum Solanum fallax Solanum fortunense Solanum fusiforme L.B.Sm. & DownsSolanum glaucophyllum Desf.Solanum hibernum BohsSolanum hutchisonii BohsSolanum latiflorum Solanum luridifuscescens Bitter Solanum luteoalbumSolanum mapiriense Bitter Solanum maranguapense BitterSolanum matadori Smith & DownsSolanum maternum BohsSolanum melissarum Walp., C. ciliata Walp., C. divaricata Solanum morellifolium BohsSolanum obliquum Ruiz & Pav. Walp., C. obliqua Solanum occultum Bohs Solanum ovum-fringillaeSolanum oxyphyllum C.V.Morton Solanum paralum Solanum pelagicum Bohs Solanum pendulum Ruiz & Pav. Solanum pinetorum Solanum premnifolium BohsSolanum proteanthum Bohs Solanum rojasianum BohsSolanum roseum Solanum sciadostylis Bohs Solanum sibundoyenseSolanum stuckertii BitterSolanum sycocarpum Solanum tegore Aubl. Solanum tenuisetosum BohsSolanum tobagense Solanum unilobum Bohs
Formerly placed here
Species formerly in the genus Cyphomandra which are not members of the Cyphomandra clade are:Solanum abutiloides Bitter & Lillo