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Solanaceae — Nightshade Family

223 species · Plants

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Solanum aviculare G.Forst.

Solanum aviculare is an erect flowering shrub native to Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, with various traditional and commercial uses.

Solanum bahamense L.

Solanum bahamense, the Bahama nightshade, is a common coastal nightshade family plant native to parts of the West Indies.

Solanum betaceum Cav.

Solanum betaceum Cav. (tamarillo) is a small Andean fruit tree grown worldwide for its edible, versatile culinary fruit.

Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal

Solanum bulbocastanum is a blight and nematode resistant wild nightshade related to cultivated potato, used for potato genetic engineering.

Solanum campylacanthum Hochst. ex A.Rich.

Solanum campylacanthum is a common poisonous flowering nightshade widespread across African grasslands, savannas and woodlands.

Solanum capsicoides All.

Solanum capsicoides, or cockroach berry, is a solanaceous flowering plant native to eastern Brazil, naturalized and sometimes invasive in other tropical regions.

Solanum carolinense L.

Solanum carolinense L. is a perennial weedy subshrub with potato-scented leaves and tomato-like toxic fruits.

Solanum chenopodioides Lam.

Solanum chenopodioides is a South American native Solanaceae shrub naturalized in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

Solanum cinereum R.Br.

Solanum cinereum (Narrawa burr) is a spiny poisonous Australian shrub considered a farmland weed.

Solanum crispum Ruiz & Pav.

Solanum crispum is a semi-evergreen climbing flowering plant from Chile and Peru, grown as a garden ornamental.

Solanum dimidiatum Raf.

Solanum dimidiatum, western horsenettle, is a Solanaceae plant native to central US, a noxious weed in California.

Solanum diphyllum L.

Solanum diphyllum, or twoleaf nightshade, is a poisonous small shrub native to Central America, often cultivated as an ornamental.

Solanum douglasii Dunal

Solanum douglasii is a perennial herb or subshrub native to northern Mexico and southwestern south-central US, with historic uses by Native American groups.

Solanum dulcamara L.

Solanum dulcamara L. (woody nightshade) is a poisonous Eurasian vine with documented, caution-advised medicinal uses.

Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.

Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav., or silverleaf nightshade, is a toxic perennial noxious weed found globally across warm regions.

Solanum ellipticum R.Br.

Solanum ellipticum R.Br. is a small native Australian fruiting shrub, also called potato bush or bush tomato, with edible fruit.

Solanum emulans Raf.

Eastern black nightshade (Solanum emulans) is a Solanaceae flowering plant native to most of North America, introduced to Europe, with longstanding taxonomic confusion.

Solanum erianthum D.Don

Solanum erianthum D.Don, or potatotree, is a flowering evergreen shrub/small tree with medicinal uses, native to the Americas and introduced elsewhere.