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Solanaceae

Thorny popolo

Solanum incompletum Dunal

Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum

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Thorny popolo: Pōpolo kū mai Solanaceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands Endangered Oʻahu
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Thorny popolo

Synonyms

  • Solanum globosum H.St.John
  • Solanum incompletum var. incompletum
  • Solanum sandwichianum Dunal

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: native

Photos

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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.