Solanaceae
Forest nightshade
Solanum nudum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Forest nightshade
Synonyms
- Aquartia solanacea Willd. ex Steud.
- Solanum anonaefolium Dunal
- Solanum antillarum O.E.Schulz
- Solanum diphyllum L.
- Solanum lanceolatum Sessé & Moc.
- Solanum micranthum Willd.
- Solanum nudum var. micranthum (Willd.) Hassl.
- Solanum nudum var. nudum
- Solanum parcebarbatum Bitter
- Solanum parcebarbatum var. minorifrons Bitter
- Solanum parcebarbatum var. parcebarbatum
- Solanum supranitidum Bitter
- Solanum tovarense Bitter
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: EOL − Jon Sullivan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marcos Rodriguez Bobadilla, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marcos Rodriguez Bobadilla, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marcos Rodriguez Bobadilla, CC BY 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.