Solanaceae
Jamaican nightshade
Solanum jamaicense
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Solanum jamaicenseSolanaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Jamaican nightshade
Synonyms
- Solanum brevipilosum Dunal
- Solanum brevipilum Dunal
- Solanum croceum Dunal
- Solanum cuneifolium Roem. & Schult.
- Solanum cuneifolium Dunal
- Solanum decurrens Banks ex Dunal
- Solanum dubium Dunal
- Solanum dubium Fresen
- Solanum dubium var. dubium
- Solanum dubium var. dubium
- Solanum heterotrichum Dunal
- Solanum portoricense Dunal
- Solanum umbellatum Banks ex Dunal
- Solanum willdenovianum G.Don
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
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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.