Solanaceae
Nightshade
Solanum macrocarpon
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- باذنجان إفريقي
- Chinese
- 大果茄
- Dutch
- Antroewa
- English
- Nightshade
- Esperanto
- Antruvo
- ff
- Huytaare bagarmi
- Indonesian
- Terong engkol
- Vietnamese
- Cà pháo
Synonyms
- Solanum atropo Schumach. & Thonn.
- Solanum calicinum Dunal
- Solanum calycinum Dunal
- Solanum calycinum Moc. & Sessé ex Dunal
- Solanum crassifolium Salisb.
- Solanum dimorphum Matsum.
- Solanum macrocarpon subsp. macrocarpon
- Solanum macrocarpon var. calvum Bitter
- Solanum macrocarpon var. columnaristellatum Bitter
- Solanum macrocarpon var. macrocarpon
- Solanum macrocarpon var. parcesetosum Bitter
- Solanum macrocarpon var. primovestitum Bitter
- Solanum macrocarpon var. setosiciliatum Bitter
- Solanum mors-elephantum Hort.Dammann
- Solanum thonningianum J.Jacq.
- Solanum zanonii Gouan
Flowers
- In flower
- January, April, August, October (from 14 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Fekix Ekpedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Aniema udofa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.