Solanaceae
African eggplant
Solanum anguivi
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 五宅茄, 印度茄
- English
- African eggplant, Forest bitterberry
- Hausa
- Gautan tsuntsu
- Quechua
- Indya t'ankar
Synonyms
- Solanum aethiopicum var. anguivi (Lam.) Banfi, Galasso & Bartolucci
- Solanum albidum De Wild.
- Solanum albidum var. albidum
- Solanum albiflorum De Wild.
- Solanum anguivi var. anguivi
- Solanum aurantiacobaccatum De Wild.
- Solanum batangense Dammer
- Solanum buettneri Dammer
- Solanum carvalhoi Dammer
- Solanum congense Link
- Solanum cultum De Wild.
- Solanum dichroanthum Dammer
- Solanum dinklagei Dammer
- Solanum distichum Schumach. & Thonn.
- Solanum flamignii De Wild.
- Solanum grotei Dammer
- Solanum halophilum Pax
- Solanum indicum subsp. clinocarpum Bitter
- Solanum indicum subsp. distichum (Thonn.) Bitter
- Solanum indicum subsp. grandifrons Bitter
- Solanum indicum subsp. mesodolichum Bitter
- Solanum indicum subsp. newtonii (Dammer) Bitter
- Solanum indicum subsp. olivaceum (Dammer) Bitter
- Solanum indicum subsp. pervilleanum Bitter
- Solanum indicum subsp. rohrii (C.H.Wright) Bitter
- Solanum indicum subsp. zechii Dammer ex Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. arussorum Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. breviaculeatum Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. brevipedicellatum Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. brevistellatum Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. bukobense Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. busogae Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. carvalhoi (Dammer) Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. depauperatum Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. dichroanthum (Dammer) Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. eldamae Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. grandemunitum Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. grotei (Dammer) Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. halophilum (Pax) Bitter
- Solanum indicum var. immunitum Bitter
and 39 more.
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.