Solanaceae
Brazilian nightshade
Solanum seaforthianum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (11)
- Afrikaans
- Aartappelranker
- Arabic
- حدق برازيلي
- arz
- حدق برازيلى
- Chinese
- 星茄, 南青杞, 藤茄, 玲珑茄
- English
- Brazilian nightshade, Potato creeper
- Hebrew
- סולנום מטפס
- Japanese
- ルリイロツルナス
- Malayalam
- വള്ളിത്തക്കാളി
- Swedish
- Praktsöta
- Ukrainian
- Паслін Зеафорта
- Zulu
- Ijalamu
Synonyms
- Solanum botryophorum Ridl.
- Solanum cirrhosum Dunal
- Solanum cyrrhosum Dunal
- Solanum kerrii Bonati
- Solanum pentadactylon G.Don
- Solanum prunifolium Willd.
- Solanum salignum Willd.
- Solanum seaforthianum var. disjunctum O.E.Schulz
- Solanum seaforthianum var. seaforthianum
- Solanum tenuifolium Dunal
- Solanum venustum Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Carlos A. Padrón P., 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.