Solanaceae
Nightshade
Solanum chenopodioides
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (7)
- Afrikaans
- Inkbessie, Nastergal
- Chinese
- 苦茄
- English
- Nightshade
- Swedish
- Filtnattskatta
- Welsh
- Codwarth tal
- Xhosa
- Msobosobo, Sobosobo
- Zulu
- Msobosobo, Sobosobo
Synonyms
- Solanum aguaraquiya Sendtn.
- Solanum amaranthifolium Gillies ex Rusby
- Solanum americanum var. baylisii D'Arcy
- Solanum besseri Weinm.
- Solanum chenopodifolium Dunal
- Solanum gracile Dunal
- Solanum gracile var. gracile
- Solanum gracile var. microphyllum Dunal
- Solanum gracilius Herter
- Solanum isabellei Dunal
- Solanum nigrum var. aspergilliflorum Sendtn.
- Solanum nodiflorum var. microphyllum Hassl.
- Solanum ottonis Hyl.
- Solanum sublobatum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Solanum subspatulatum Sendtn.
- Solanum vile Bitter
- Solanum virgatum Endl. ex Sendtn.
- Witheringia chenopodioides (Lam.) J.Rémy
Photos
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Photo: Josh Salter; Frances Duff, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Josh Salter; Frances Duff, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, 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). About our plant data.