Solanaceae

Tabacon aspero

Solanum rugosum Dunal

Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum

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Tabacon aspero: Found from Belize to Brazil. Photo from northern Nicaragua. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/spuds/index.html — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Tabacon aspero

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification 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.