Solanaceae
Ethiopian nightshade
Solanum aethiopicum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- حدق أثيوبي, باذنجان قوطه, قوطه
- arz
- حدق اثيوبى
- Catalan
- Fals tomàquet
- Chinese
- 红茄, 玩茄, 金银茄
- English
- Ethiopian nightshade, Scarlet eggplant, Gilo
- Esperanto
- Ĵiloo
- ff
- Yaaloore
- German
- Äthiopische Eierfrucht, Gilo
- Hausa
- Gauta
- Indonesian
- Tomat pahit, Terong afrika
- Japanese
- ジロ
- kcg
- Ga̱shyuo, A̱gba̱za̱zai-ga̱shyuo
- Lingala
- Mosangó
- mul
- Gilo
- Portuguese
- Jiloeiro, Jiló
- Russian
- Гило, Жило
- Spanish
- Gilo, Giló, Jilo, Jiló
- Swahili
- Nyanya chungu
- Thai
- มะเขือขม, มะเขือเอธิโอเปีย
- Turkish
- Kırmızı patlıcan
Synonyms
- Lycopersicon aethiopicum (L.) Mill.
- Pseudocapsicum torulosum Moench
- Solanum aethiopicum var. aculeatum Dunal
- Solanum aethiopicum var. aethiopicum
- Solanum aethiopicum var. armatum Bitter
- Solanum aethiopicum var. giorgii (De Wild.) Bitter
- Solanum aethiopicum var. inerme Dunal
- Solanum aethiopicum var. integrifolium (Poir.) O.E.Schulz
- Solanum aethiopicum var. modicelobatum Bitter
- Solanum aethiopicum var. paaschenianum (H.J.P.Winkl.) Bitter
- Solanum aurantiacum Sendtn.
- Solanum aurantium Larrañaga
- Solanum brieyi De Wild.
- Solanum elaeagnifolium Herb.Willdenow ex Steud.
- Solanum elskensii De Wild.
- Solanum geminifolium Thonn.
- Solanum gilo Raddi
- Solanum gilo Req. ex Dunal
- Solanum gilo subsp. gilo
- Solanum gilo subsp. megalacanthum Bitter
- Solanum gilo subsp. monteiroi (C.H.Wright) Bitter
- Solanum gilo var. ellipsoideum Bitter
- Solanum gilo var. erectifructum Bitter
- Solanum gilo var. gilo
- Solanum gilo var. pierreanum (Pailleux & Bois) Bitter
- Solanum gilo var. sparseaculeatum Bitter
- Solanum giorgii De Wild.
- Solanum hybridum Jacq.
- Solanum indicum subsp. ambifarium Bitter
- Solanum integrifolium Poir.
- Solanum kupperi Markgr.
- Solanum lobelii Ten.
- Solanum lusitanicum Dunal
- Solanum melongena var. inerme C.H.Wright
- Solanum melongena var. scarlatineum Alef.
- Solanum monteiroi C.H.Wright
- Solanum naumannii Engl.
- Solanum obtusifolium Willd.
- Solanum obtusifolium Schltdl. & Cham.
- Solanum olivare Pailleux & Bois
and 21 more.
Photos
Photo: Michael Hermann, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Paul fotso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.